Ledumahadi
Sauropodomorph dinosaur genus from Early Jurassic South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ledumahadi | |
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Restoration of Ledumahadi mafube | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Lessemsauridae |
Genus: | †Ledumahadi McPhee et al., 2018 |
Type species | |
†Ledumahadi mafube McPhee et al., 2018 |
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Ledumahadi (meaning "giant thunderclap" in Sesotho language) is a genus of lessemsaurid sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Elliot Formation in Free State Province, South Africa.[1] The type and only species is L. mafube,[1][2] known from a singular incomplete postcranial specimen. A quadruped, it was one of the first giant sauropodomorphs, reaching a weight of around 12 tonnes (13 short tons), despite not having evolved columnar limbs like its later huge relatives.[1]