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early long-neck
Nambalia
Say it like this: “nam-BAH-lee-uh”
Nambalia roychowdhurii
Nambalia ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Novas, F. E.; Ezcurra, M. D.; Chatterjee, S.; Kutty, T. S.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 3.7 m · 12 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- India · Maleri
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Sauropodomorpha
The story in short
The genus Nambalia dates to 2010, the year F. E. Novas and colleagues described it.
It lived in the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Maleri Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Nambalia at a length near 3.7 m.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropodomorpha, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Agrosaurus
Agrosaurus macgillivrayi
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · roughly 205.7 to 201.4 million years ago
Ahvaytum
Ahvaytum bahndooiveche
Late Triassic (Carnian) · roughly 237 to 227.3 million years ago
Arcusaurus
Arcusaurus pereirabdalorum
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago