⚠ This taxon is a local entry, absent from the Paleobiology Database. Data may be incomplete or unverified.
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Nyana

2026

Nyana rooiwalensis is an extinct species of early massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic Elliot Formation of South Africa. It is the only species in the genus Nyana, and is known from a partial articulated skull and associated fragmentary skeleton of a juvenile individual.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
0
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Nyana Genus
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South African Fossil Reveals New Species of Early Sauropodomorph Dinosaur
South African Fossil Reveals New Species of Early Sauropodomorph Dinosaur
South Africa Late Triassic Triassic fossil Dinosauria +3
Early sauropodomorph skulls from the Late Triassic are scarce; a newly described one from South Africa’s Eastern Cape belongs to a previously unknown species: Nyana rooiwalensis. The post South African Fossil Reveals New Species of Early Sauropodomorph Dinosaur appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
12/11/2026 sci-news
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Publication originale
2026 Moopen, Atashni; Botha, Jennifer; Benson, Roger; Chapelle, Kimberley E. J.; Barrett, Paul M.; Dollman, Kathleen; Choiniere, Jonah N. Nyana rooiwalensis: South Africa's earliest near-complete sauropodomorph dinosaur skull from the Late Triassic of the Eastern Cape Province. Royal Society Open Science. 13 (11) 261002. doi:10.1098/rsos.261002