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A new Late Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe

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Chapelle, Kimberley
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Sciscio, Lara
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Broderick, Timothy
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Zondo, Michel
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Munyikwa, Darlington
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Choiniere, Jonah
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2024-05-30
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Sauropodomorpha
Massopoda
Pebbly Arkose Formation
Norian
Lake Kariba
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An articulated partial hind limb collected from the Pebbly Arkose Formation (Norian, Upper Triassic) of the Upper Karoo Group of Zimbabwe is described as a new taxon of sauropodomorph dinosaur. Musankwa sanyatiensis gen. et sp. nov. was discovered on the shoreline of Lake Kariba, on Spurwing Island in the Mid-Zambezi Basin. The holotype consists of a right femur, tibia, and astragalus, and can be distinguished from all other Late Triassic massopodan sauropodomorphs on the basis of numerous features, which form a unique character combination. Phylogenetic analysis recovers the new taxon as the earliest-branching lineage within Massopoda. Musankwa is only the fourth dinosaur to be named from the Karoo-aged basins of Zimbabwe and further demonstrates the high potential of this region for discoveries of new early dinosaur material.
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Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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10.4202/app.01100.2023
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Copyright © 2024 P.M. Barrett et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (for details please see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The attached file is the published version of the article.
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