Zimbabwe's new dinosaur Musango was 4.5 meters long and unique to the region

Paleontologists described a new sauropodomorph species, Musango matusadonaensis, from Late Triassic rocks about 210 million years old on the shore of Lake Kariba. The dinosaur reached 4.5 meters in length and weighed 220 kg, and its relatives turned out to be unique to Zimbabwe rather than an extension of South African fauna.

• Musango matusadonaensis is a Late Triassic sauropodomorph about 210 million years old
• It measured 4.5 meters long, weighed 220 kg and walked on two legs
• The partial skeleton was found on the Nyamasango River bank near Musango Island; no skull was preserved
• Zimbabwean species were not close relatives of South African ones, possibly due to climate