Ledumahadi
| Ledumahadi Temporal range: Hettangian-Sinemurian, | |
|---|---|
| Restoration of Ledumahadi mafube | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Family: | †Lessemsauridae |
| Genus: | †Ledumahadi McPhee et al., 2018 |
| Type species | |
| †Ledumahadi mafube McPhee et al., 2018 | |
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. The type and only species is L. mafube, 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.