Malawisaurus

Malawisaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Aptian
Display at the Royal Ontario Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Lithostrotia
Genus: Malawisaurus
Jacobs et al., 1993
Species:
M. dixeyi
Binomial name
Malawisaurus dixeyi
(Haughton, 1928) [originally Gigantosaurus, preoccupied]
Synonyms

Malawisaurus (meaning "Malawi lizard") is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur. It is known from the Dinosaur Beds of northern Malawi, which probably date to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous. The type species is M. dixeyi and the specific name honours Frederick Augustus Dixey.