Genus
Valid Extinct

Ledumahadi

McPhee et al. 2018

Ledumahadi is a genus of lessemsaurid sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Elliot Formation in Free State Province, South Africa. The type and only species is L. mafube, known from a singular incomplete postcranial specimen. A quadruped, it was one of the first giant sauropodomorphs, reaching a weight of around 12 tonnes, despite not having evolved columnar limbs like its later huge relatives.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Ledumahadi
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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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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Ledumahadi Genus
Measurements
Length
10,8 m ⓘ
Ledumahadi mafube
Mass
3 400 kg ⓘ
Ledumahadi mafube
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
1
Geological formations
Elliot
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Ledumahadi mafube 201 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
B. W. McPhee, R. B. J. Benson, and J. Botha-Brink, E. M. Bordy, J. N. Choiniere. 2018. A giant dinosaur from the earliest Jurassic of South Africa and the transition to quadrupedality in early sauropodomorphs. Current Biology 28:1-9 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
B. W. McPhee, R. B. J. Benson, and J. Botha-Brink, E. M. Bordy, J. N. Choiniere. 2018. A giant dinosaur from the earliest Jurassic of South Africa and the transition to quadrupedality in early sauropodomorphs. Current Biology 28:1-9 DOI ↗