Species
Valid Extinct

Mbiresaurus raathi

Griffin et al. 2022

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Mbiresaurus Genus
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Mbiresaurus raathi Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
4
Geological formations
Pebbly Arkose
4
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
4
Bibliography
Original description
C. T. Griffin, B. M. Wynd, and D. Munyikwa, T. J. Broderick, M. Zondo, S. Tolan, M. C. Langer, S. J. Nesbitt, H. R. Taruvinga. 2022. Africa’s oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution. Nature 609(7926):313-319 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
C. T. Griffin, B. M. Wynd, and D. Munyikwa, T. J. Broderick, M. Zondo, S. Tolan, M. C. Langer, S. J. Nesbitt, H. R. Taruvinga. 2022. Africa’s oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution. Nature 609(7926):313-319 DOI ↗