Ngwevu

Ng-g-wer-vu.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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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.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

N.‭ ‬intloko‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

South Africa‭ ‬-‭ ‬Elliot Formation.

Time Period

Early Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Skull.

In Depth

       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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