Mnyamawamtuka Gorscak and O'Connor 2019 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: 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

Parent taxon: Titanosauria according to E. Gorscak and P. M. O'Connor 2019

Sister taxa: Abdarainurus, Aegyptosaurus, Andesauridae, Andesauroidea, Andesaurus, Argyrosaurinae, Argyrosaurus, Baalsaurus, Balochisauridae, Baotianmansaurus, Barrosasaurus, Borealosaurus, Choconsaurus, Colossosauria, Dgkhansaurus, Dongyangosaurus, Dzharatitanis, Eutitanosauria, Gandititan, Hamititan, Karongasaurus, Laplatasaurus, Lithostrotia, Malakhelisaurus, Malarguesaurus, Mongolosaurus, Narambuenatitan, Ninjatitan, Pashtosaurus, Petrobrasaurus, Poripuchia, Pseudomegaloolithus, Rukwatitan, Teratopodus, Tiamat, Titanopodus, Titanosauridae, Titanosaurus, Titanosaurus indicus

Subtaxa: Mnyamawamtuka moyowamkia

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Type: Mnyamawamtuka moyowamkia

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Locality RRBP 2004–06 (Cretaceous of Tanzania)

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