Species
Valid Extinct

Nyasasaurus parringtoni

Nesbitt et al. 2013

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Nyasasaurus parringtoni Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇿 Tanzania
2
Geological formations
Manda Beds
2
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
2
Synonyms (1)
Thecodontosaurus alophos subjective synonym of Nyasasaurus parringtoni
Bibliography
Original description
S. J. Nesbitt, P. M. Barrett, and S. Werning, C. A. Sidor, A. J. Charig. 2013. The oldest dinosaur? A Middle Triassic dinosauriform from Tanzania. Biology Letters 9(1):1-5 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
S. J. Nesbitt, P. M. Barrett, and S. Werning, C. A. Sidor, A. J. Charig. 2013. The oldest dinosaur? A Middle Triassic dinosauriform from Tanzania. Biology Letters 9(1):1-5 DOI ↗
S. H. Haughton. 1932. On a collection of Karroo vertebrates from Tanganyika Territory. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 88(4):634-671 DOI ↗