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Mbiresaurus
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<p><i>Mbiresaurus</i> (meaning "<a href="/facts/Mbire_District/Qkf5EzPl">Mbire</a> reptile") is an <a href="/facts/Extinct/24p5NP2q">extinct</a> <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of basal <a href="/facts/Sauropodomorph/7DBPqQGD">sauropodomorph</a> <a href="/facts/Dinosaur/JRdMqBnq">dinosaur</a> from the <a href="/facts/Late_Triassic/TazKYWQN">Late Triassic</a> (<a href="/facts/Carnian/DV9VJ0o3">Carnian</a>) <a href="/facts/Pebbly_Arkose_Formation/s6npG4Uv">Pebbly Arkose Formation</a> of <a href="/facts/Zimbabwe/8Yqt8490">Zimbabwe</a>. The genus contains a <a href="/facts/Monotypic_taxon/QvoM9aGP">single species</a>, <i>Mbiresaurus raathi</i>, known from a nearly complete skeleton. <i>Mbiresaurus</i> represents one of Africa’s earliest known definitive dinosaurs. </p>