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early long-neck
Ngwevu
Ngwevu intloko
Ngwevu ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in South Africa.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 201.4 to 184.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Chapelle, K. E. J.; Barrett, P. M.; Botha, J.; Choiniere, J. N.
- Hip height
- 0.8 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 3.5 m · 11 ft
- Weight
- 100 kg · 220 lb
- Found in
- South Africa · Elliot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Massospondylidae
The story in short
In 2019, K. E. J. Chapelle and colleagues published the name Ngwevu. The name means “grey skull.”
Fossils referred to Ngwevu date to the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian · Pliensbachian), roughly 201.4 to 184.2 million years ago. Finds come from South Africa, including the Elliot Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Ngwevu at a length near 3.5 m, hips about 0.8 m high, and a body mass around 100 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Massospondylidae, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Adeopapposaurus
Adeopapposaurus mognai
Early Jurassic (Hettangian–Toarcian) · roughly 201.4 to 174.7 million years ago
Coloradisaurus
Coloradisaurus brevis
Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
Fulengia
Fulengia youngi
Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) · roughly 199.5 to 192.9 million years ago