Genus
Valid Extinct

Ngwevu

Chapelle et al. 2019

Ngwevu is a genus of massospondylid sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa. The genus contains one species, Ngwevu intloko.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Ngwevu
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Photographs of the skull of BP/1/4779. (A) Right lateral view. (B) Dorsal view. (C) Left lateral view. Scale bar represents 10 mm. Photographs by Kimberley E.J. Chapelle. © Kimberley E.J. Chapelle​, Paul M. Barrett, Jennifer Botha, Jonah N. Choiniere · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Massospondylidae Family
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Ngwevu Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
1
Geological formations
Elliot
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Ngwevu intloko 201 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
K. E. J. Chapelle, P. M. Barrett, and J. Botha, J. N. Choiniere. 2019. Ngwevu intloko: a new early sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa and comments on cranial ontogeny in Massospondylus carinatus. PeerJ 7:e7240:1-59 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
K. E. J. Chapelle, P. M. Barrett, and J. Botha, J. N. Choiniere. 2019. Ngwevu intloko: a new early sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa and comments on cranial ontogeny in Massospondylus carinatus. PeerJ 7:e7240:1-59 DOI ↗