Karongasaurus

Taxobox
name = "Karongasaurus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauria
familia =
genus = "Karongasaurus"
genus_authority = Gomani, 2005
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "K. gittelmani" (type)

"Karongasaurus" is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was a titanosaurid sauropod. Its fossils, consisting solely of part of a lower mandible and a few teeth, were found in Malawi. The type species, "Karongasaurus gittelmani", was described by Elizabeth Gomani in 2005.

"Karongasaurus" holds the distinction of being the first dinosaur published solely on-line.

External links

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/titanosauria.htm Titanosauria]
* [http://dml.cmnh.org/2005May/msg00530.html Dinosaur Mailing List entry which announces the genus]