Dinosauria›Saurischia
Musankwa Musankwa sanyatiensis Barrett et al. 2024
/mjˈuːsæŋkwə/
estimated
Late Triassic (Norian) · 237–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
Zimbabwe
Region
Mashonaland West
Formation
Pebbly Arkose
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Musankwa sanyatiensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 237.0–205.7 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. It was named by Barrett et al. 2024. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Musankwa sanyatiensis sits in deep time
Musankwa
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Musankwa sanyatiensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.