Species
Valid Extinct

Nyana rooiwalensis

Moopen et al. 2026

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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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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Nyana Genus
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Nyana rooiwalensis Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
1
Geological formations
Elliot
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
A. Moopen, J. Botha, and R. Benson, K. E. J. Chapelle, P. M. Barrett, K. Dollman, J. N. Choiniere. 2026. 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):1-69 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. Moopen, J. Botha, and R. Benson, K. E. J. Chapelle, P. M. Barrett, K. Dollman, J. N. Choiniere. 2026. 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):1-69 DOI ↗