| Karongasaurus | |
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| Holotype elements: mandible seen from two angles, and three teeth | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Genus: | †Karongasaurus Gomani, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Karongasaurus gittelmani Gomani, 2005 | |
Karongasaurus (meaningKaronga lizard) is agenus oftitanosaursauropoddinosaur from theEarly Cretaceous. Thetype species,K. gittelmani, was described by Elizabeth Gomani in 2005.[1]
The holotype (specimen Mal-175), consisting solely of part of a lowermandible and twenty isolatedteeth, were found in theDinosaur Beds ofMalawi 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]
The mandible ofKarongasaurus is U-shaped in dorsal view and the teeth are described as slender and conical in shape, being more cylindrical than those ofMalawisaurus.[1]
Gomani (2005) placedKarongasaurus withinTitanosauria.[1]
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