Genre
Valide Éteint

Musankwa

Barrett et al. 2024

Musankwa is an extinct genus of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Late Triassic (Norian) Pebbly Arkose Formation of Zimbabwe. The genus contains a single species, Musankwa sanyatiensis, known from an incomplete hindlimb. Musankwa represents the fourth dinosaur genus to be named from Zimbabwe.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
1
Groupe
Dinosaures
Terrestre
Musankwa
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Right hind limb of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Musankwa sanyatiensis gen. et sp. nov. (NHMZ 2521) from the Pebbly Arkose Formation (Norian, Upper Triassic) of Spurwing Island, Zimbabwe. A. Right femur in posterior (A1), lateral (A2), anterior (A3), medial (A4), proximal (A5), and distal (A6) views. B. Right tibia with conjoined astragalus in anterior (B1), lateral (B2), posterior (B3), medial (B4), and proximal (B5) views. © P. M. Barrett, K. E.J. Chapelle, L. Sciscio, T. J. Broderick, M. Zondo, D. Munyikwa, and J. N. Choiniere · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia

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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Saurischia Clade non classé
Sauropodomorpha Clade non classé
Massopoda Clade non classé
Musankwa Genre
Sites de découverte 1 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
1
Formations géologiques
Pebbly Arkose
1
Distribution temporelle
Norien (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Espèces (1)
Musankwa sanyatiensis 237 Ma
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
P. M. Barrett, K. E. J. Chapelle, and L. Sciscio, T. J. Broderick, M. Zondo, D. Munyikwa, J. N. Choiniere. 2024. A new Late Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69(2):227-241 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (1)
P. M. Barrett, K. E. J. Chapelle, and L. Sciscio, T. J. Broderick, M. Zondo, D. Munyikwa, J. N. Choiniere. 2024. A new Late Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69(2):227-241 DOI ↗