Mbiresaurus

DV-1181 · type species Mbiresaurus raathi

Lived: 237 to 227 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: Zimbabwe
Named by: Griffin et al. 2022

Field notes

About Mbiresaurus

Mbiresaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 237 to 227 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Mbiresaurus, from Zimbabwe. Its fossils come from the Pebbly Arkose Formation. It was named by Griffin et al. in 2022.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

4 finds

230 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodomorpha.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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