Ngwevu

Name: Ngwevu ‭(‬grey skull‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ng-g-wer-vu.
Named By: Kimberley E.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Chapelle,‭ ‬Paul M.‭ ‬Barrett,‭ ‬Jennifer Botha‭ & ‬Jonah N.‭ ‬Choiniere‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.
Classification: Chordata.‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Massospondylidae.
Species: N.‭ ‬intloko‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Elliot Formation.
Time period: Early Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Skull.

       Ngwevu is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in Africa during the Jurassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Ngwevu intloko:‭ ‬a new early sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa and comments on cranial ontogeny in Massospondylus carinatus.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ.‭ ‬7:‭ ‬e7240.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kimberley E.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Chapelle,‭ ‬Paul M.‭ ‬Barrett,‭ ‬Jennifer Botha‭ & ‬Jonah N.‭ ‬Choiniere‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.



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