Dinosauria›Saurischia
Malawisaurus Malawisaurus dixeyi (Haughton 1928)
/mˌælɐwɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · 121.4–113.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Malawi
Region
Northern
Formation
Dinosaur Beds
Dig sites
8
distinct collections
Overview
Malawisaurus dixeyi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–113.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Northern, Malawi. It was named by (Haughton 1928). The species is represented by 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~27%
well attested
Based on 8 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Malawisaurus dixeyi sits in deep time
Malawisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Malawisaurus dixeyi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.