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family · 1 represented species

Unaysauridae

Unaysauridae is a Late Triassic family of early sauropodomorphs represented here by the Zimbabwean dinosaur Musango.

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Unaysauridae

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Representative silhouette for Unaysauridae
1Direct child groups
1Countries represented
225–208.5 MaDataset range

Definition

Characteristics and significance

Unaysaurids help document the early spread and diversification of long-necked, mostly plant-eating dinosaurs before true sauropods became dominant.

  • Relatively small head and elongated neck
  • Powerful hind limbs suited to bipedal walking
  • Grasping hands retained from early sauropodomorph ancestors

Name meaning: Unay lizards

Branch structure

Direct branches in this dataset

genus

Musango

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Representative taxa

Dinosaurs in this branch

Side-view life reconstruction of Musango matusadonaensisArt by Connor Ashbridge · CC BY 4.0

Triassic

Musango matusadonaensis

A newly named, nearly grown Late Triassic sauropodomorph from Zimbabwe, known from a skull-less partial skeleton that survived a serious injury or infection.

herbivore~4.5 m

Distribution

Geographic record

Zimbabwe

Country-level summary of represented seed records, not a complete range map.

Sources

Further reading

Introduction to the DinosauriaDinosaur Paleobiology