AfricaDinosauriaLate Triassic

Nyasasaurus parringtoni

Dinosaur: Nyasasaurus parringtoni

Length*: 2.6 m 8.5 ft
Weight*: 23 kg 51 lb
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 2.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Earliest Carnian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Nesbitt et al.
Year: 2013
Area: Africa
Country: Tanzania
Region: Ruvuma
Formation: Manda

Classification

Dinosauria


Other

Material: Vertebrae, fragmentary sacral ribs and incomplete humerus. Referred vertebrae ?
References: Nesbitt, Barrett, Werning, Sidor and Charig, (2013). The oldest dinosaur? A Middle Triassic dinosauriform from Tanzania.

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