Musankwa
Sign in to saveMusankwa 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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- Parent taxon
- Massopoda
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- Musankwa
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- Late Triassic
- location of discovery
- Zimbabwe
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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.
== Discovery and naming == thumb|left|Geographical, stratigraphic, and sedimentological details of the Musankwa discovery, including the holotype in situ (E)
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