AFRICA’S OLDEST DINO
Rock&Gem Magazine
|December 2022
The skeleton is nearly complete and, depending on the report, it's been described as the size of a collie dog, an emu, or a Shetland pony at about three feet tall and six feet long. Say hello to Africa's oldest dinosaur, Mbiresaurus raathi!
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The new find was unearthed from the Pebbly Arkose Formation of the Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe. Dating back 230 million years to the Triassic Period, this newest member of the dinosaur family joins the ranks of the oldest din
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