Cretaceous
Malawisaurus
Malawisaurus dixeyi
The catalogue presents Malawisaurus as a herbivore member of Titanosauridae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 115 Ma. Its estimated range is 16.0 m in length and 10 t in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Malawi, Africa. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Malawisaurus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Jacobs et al. (1993).
The PBDB places it in Lithostrotia, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Titanosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Titanosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range is the Aptian.
The PBDB catalogues 8 occurrences, with material from the Dinosaur Beds Formation (8). Provenance: Malawi.
The catalogue records the holotype as M2 and the type locality as “Malawi, Africa”.
- M2
- Malawi, Africa
The catalogue's reference measurements are 16.0 m in length and 10 t in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 16.0 m
- 10 tons
The record gathers 37 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 16.0 m
- Weight
- 10 t
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 115 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1928
- Described by
- Sydney Haughton
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Saurischia
- Family
- Titanosauridae
- Genus
- Malawisaurus
- Species
- M. dixeyi
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- M2
- Type locality
- Malawi, Africa