Describer

Fraas, 1908

Time

Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian

Classification

Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Titanosauria

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Upper Tendaguru Beds, Mtwara, Tanzania

Fall Under

Janenschia

Info

Typespecies

Janenschia (Wild, 1991) > Janenschia robusta (Fraas, 1908) >> Gigantosaurus robusta (Fraas, 1908)

Janenschia > Janenschia dixeyi (Haughton, 1928) >> Malawisaurus dixeyi (Haughton, 1928) >>> Gigantosaurus dixeyi (Haughton, 1928) > Tornieria dixeyi (Sternfeld, 1911)

Janenschia > Malawisaurus (Jacobs, Winkler, Downs & Gomani, 1993)

3 hind limbs, 2 fore limbs, manus, ?2 dorsal vertebrae, caudall series.

Usually taken to be the oldest known menber of the Titanosauria.