Dinosaur
Malawisaurus
Small bones found with its remains are interpreted as armor embedded in its skin.
The Malawisaurus fossils come from deposits whose name literally means "dinosaur layers."
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Malawisaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Titanosauria
- Titanosaurs
- Fossil locations
- Malawi
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Malawisaurus
It comes from the so-called Dinosaur Beds of northern Malawi. The reference species, M. dixeyi, honors Frederick Augustus Dixey; the exact age of these deposits is expressed with caution.
Small bones found with its remains are interpreted as armor embedded in the skin. The deposits’ precise age remains uncertain, so an approximate date range should not be turned into an exact date.
Titanosaurs were long-necked sauropods. The group includes giants and relatively small species; membership of the group does not automatically determine body size.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
Small bones found with its remains are interpreted as armor embedded in the skin. The deposits’ precise age remains uncertain, so an approximate date range should not be turned into an exact date.
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- Malawisaurus dixeyi
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- Malawisaurus
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- Titanosauria
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