Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum Kholumolumo

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kholumolumo 9 m (29.5 ft) long
6 people holding hands
Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Late Triassic (210 Mya)
Place
Unknown locality
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Kholumolumo (referring to a type of dragon the local Basuto associate with dinosaurs), formerly “Kholumolumosaurus” or “Thotobolosaurus”, is an extinct genus of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur, which was closely related to Sarahsaurus, from the lower Elliot Formation of Maphutseng, Lesotho. The type species, Kholumolumo ellenbergerorum was formally described in 2020.

What we know

  • Named by Peyre de Fabrègues & Allain, 2020.
  • Body length estimated at about 9 m.