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A 210-million-year-old dinosaur discovery reveals a lost world in Africa

A newly described dinosaur from Zimbabwe is helping reveal a distinct prehistoric world in Africa. Named Musango matusadonaensis, it walked on two legs, grew to about 4.5 metres long and lived around 210 million years ago. Fossils gathered along the shore of Lake Kariba show that Zimbabwe’s ancient dinosaurs were not simply the same as those found in better-known South African sites. The researchers are now exploring whether differences in the environment helped shape this remarkable regional variety.
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