Describer

Haughton, 1928

Time

Cretaceous Early

Classification

Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Titanosauria

Diet

Herbivore

Fossilsite

Malawi

Fall Under

Janenschia

Length

9 meter

Info

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)

Discoverd by Dr. Louis Jacobs. It is based on vertebrae, ischium, pubis, partial scapula, sternal plates, premaxilla, dentaries, teeth. Its discovery provided a missing link in the evolutionary story of titanosaurids.