The discovered bone have distinct qualities from other dinosaurs who lived in the same era.
Musankwa sanyatiensis leg bones as they were discovered in the ground on Spurwing Island, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. Image: Supplied/ Paul Barrett
The research team, led by Professor Paul Barrett from the Natural History Museum in London, included scientists from Wits University in South Africa.According to Dr. Kimberley ‘Kimi’ Chapelle, assistant professor at Stony Brook University, Musankwa sanyatiensis is represented by the remains of a single hind leg, including its thigh, shin, and ankle bones.
It was named Musankwa sanyatiensis after the houseboat “Musankwa,” which served as the research team’s home and mobile laboratory during two field expeditions to Lake Kariba in 2017 and 2018.This is a group of bipedal, long-necked dinosaurs that were widespread during the Late Triassic.Although there aren’t many findings of this nature in Africa, a lot of the discovered fossils have significance in history and science.
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