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.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Terrestrial

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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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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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Musankwa Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Geological formations

Pebbly Arkose

Temporal distribution

Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)

Species (1)

Musankwa sanyatiensis 237 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

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 ↗

Bibliography (1)

Musankwa

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