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early long-neck
Kholumolumo
Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum
Kholumolumo ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Lesotho.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Peyre de Fabrègues, C.; Allain, R.
- Hip height
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 9 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- 1.8–4 tonnes
- Found in
- Lesotho · Elliot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Massopoda
The story in short
The genus Kholumolumo dates to 2019, the year C. Peyre de Fabrègues and R. Allain described it.
Fossils referred to Kholumolumo date to the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from Lesotho, including the Elliot Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Kholumolumo at a length near 9 m, hips about 3 m high, and a body mass around 1.8–4 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Massopoda, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
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Ignavusaurus rachelis
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Sarahsaurus
Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago
Wudingloong
Wudingloong wui
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago