Ngwevu

DV-1071 · type species Ngwevu intloko

Lived: 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Massospondylidae
Found in: South Africa
Named by: Chapelle et al. 2019

Field notes

About Ngwevu

Ngwevu was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 193 million years ago. It belongs to the family Massospondylidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ngwevu, from South Africa. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Chapelle et al. in 2019.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Massospondylidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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