Malawisaurus

Say it mah-lah-wee-sore-us. The name means ‘Malawi lizard’.

Malawisaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods

Length: 9 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Early Cretaceous121 to 112 million years ago
Fossils found in: Malawi
Named by: Haughton (1928)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Macronaria › Titanosauriformes › Titanosauria › Lithostrotia

Where Malawisaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59

Lived at the same time

Other sauropods

Ligabuesaurus Early Cretaceous
Nigersaurus Early Cretaceous
Pelorosaurus Early Cretaceous
Austrosaurus Early Cretaceous
Chubutisaurus Early Cretaceous
Rebbachisaurus Early Cretaceous
Amargasaurus Early Cretaceous
Aragosaurus Early Cretaceous

Source: Malawisaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.