Dinosauria › Saurischia
Musankwa
Musankwa sanyatiensis Barrett et al. 2024
Late Triassic (Norian) · 237–205.7 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
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. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Musankwa sits in deep time
Musankwa
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Musankwa's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.