Karongasaurus
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| Karongasaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Holotype elements: mandible seen from two angles, and three teeth | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Genus: | †Karongasaurus Gomani, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Karongasaurus gittelmani Gomani, 2005
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Karongasaurus (meaning Karonga lizard) is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. The type species, K. gittelmani, was described by Elizabeth Gomani in 2005.[1]
Discovery and naming
The holotype (specimen Mal-175), consisting solely of part of a lower mandible and twenty isolated teeth, were found in the Dinosaur Beds of Malawi between 1987 and 1992. Karongasaurus was the first dinosaur named in a publication that was published solely online;[1] Karongasaurus gittelmani was named and described by Gomani (2005).[1][2]
Description
The mandible of Karongasaurus is U-shaped in dorsal view and the teeth are described as slender and conical in shape, being more cylindrical than those of Malawisaurus.[1]
Classification
Gomani (2005) placed Karongasaurus within Titanosauria.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Gomani, E. M. (2005). Sauropod Dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Malawi, Africa. Palaeontologia Electronica Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 37pp.
- ^ Dinosaur Mailing List entry which announces the genus
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