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Dinosaur: Ngwevu intloko
| Length*: | 3.5 m | 11.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 100 kg | 220 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Hettangian-Sinemurian
Years: 201.4–190.8 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Chapelle et al.
Year: 2019
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: South Africa
Region: Free State
Formation: Upper Elliot
Locations
Sources
Material: Partially complete skeleton including skull.
References: Chapelle, K.E.J., Barrett, P.M., Botha, J., Choiniere, J.N. (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".
