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Massospondylidae

Ngwevu intloko

"grey skull"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ngwevu 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Ngwevu
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Jurassic (201–174 Mya)
Place
Africa · South Africa
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Massospondylidae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Early sauropodomorphs — bipedal-ish, plant-eaters.

Ngwevu is a genus of massospondylid sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of South Africa. The genus contains one species, Ngwevu intloko.

What we know

  • Named by Chapelle et al., 2019.
  • Fossils found in Africa and South Africa.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Ngwevu — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.