Paul Barrett

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Lead describer of Musango matusadonaensis

A 210-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton from the shore of Lake Kariba is the second species found only in Zimbabwe's Late Triassic rocks. Named Musango matusadonaensis, the sauropodomorph walked on two legs, reached about 4.5 meters long, weighed about 220 kilograms, and is Zimbabwe's fifth named dinosaur genus.

Updated Oct 31