Full reference: C. T. Griffin, B. M. Wynd, D. Munyikwa, T. J. Broderick, M. Zondo, S. Tolan, M. C. Langer, S. J. Nesbitt, and H. R. Taruvinga. 2022. Africa’s oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution. Nature 609(7926):313-319
Parent taxon: Sauropodomorpha according to C. T. Griffin et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Arcusaurus, Asylosaurus, Bagualosauria, Brontosauria, Buriolestes, Efraasia, Eoraptor, Eosauropus, Euskelosaurus, Guaibasauridae, Kholumolumo, Lavinipes, Liujianpus, Massopoda, Melanorosauria, Nambalia, Navahopodidae, Navahopus, Pachysuchus, Pantydraco, Pentasauropodia, Plateosauridae, Qianlong, Saturnaliidae, Thecodontosauridae, Thecodontosaurus, Thotobolosaurus, Unaysauridae
Subtaxa: Mbiresaurus raathi
Type: Mbiresaurus raathi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Zimbabwe (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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