Musankwa

DV-1251 · type species Musankwa sanyatiensis

Lived: 237 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: Zimbabwe
Named by: Barrett et al. 2024

Field notes

About Musankwa

Musankwa was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 237 to 206 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Musankwa, from Zimbabwe. Its fossils come from the Pebbly Arkose Formation. It was named by Barrett et al. in 2024.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Massopoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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