Genus
Valid Extinct

Kholumolumo

Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 2020

Kholumolumo, formerly "Kholumolumosaurus" or "Thotobolosaurus", is an extinct genus of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur, which was closely related to Sarahsaurus, from the lower Elliot Formation of Maphutseng, Lesotho. The type species, Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum was formally described in 2020.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Kholumolumo
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(B) Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum (NMQR1705). Reverse image in anterior view from Krupandan (2019). © L. Sciscio, E. M. Bordy, M. G. Lockley, M. Abrahams · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Kholumolumo Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇱🇸 Lesotho
1
Geological formations
Elliot
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum 227 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
C. Peyre de Fabrègues and R. Allain. 2020. Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum, gen. et sp. nov., a new early sauropodomorph from the lower Elliot Formation (Upper Triassic) of Maphutseng, Lesotho. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(6):e1732996:1-32 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
C. Peyre de Fabrègues and R. Allain. 2020. Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum, gen. et sp. nov., a new early sauropodomorph from the lower Elliot Formation (Upper Triassic) of Maphutseng, Lesotho. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(6):e1732996:1-32 DOI ↗