Genus
Valid Extinct

Mnyamawamtuka

Gorscak and O'Connor 2019

Mnyamawamtuka is a genus of lithostrotian titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous Galula Formation in Tanzania. The type and only species is M. moyowamkia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Mnyamawamtuka
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Life restoration of Mnyamawamtuka moyowamkia. © SpinoDragon145 · 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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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Mnyamawamtuka Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇿 Tanzania
1
Geological formations
Galula
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Mnyamawamtuka moyowamkia 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Gorscak and P. M. O'Connor. 2019. A new African titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation (Mtuka Member), Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. PLoS ONE 14(2):e0211412:1-54 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
E. Gorscak and P. M. O'Connor. 2019. A new African titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation (Mtuka Member), Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. PLoS ONE 14(2):e0211412:1-54 DOI ↗