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The oldest dinosaur in Africa, the Mbiresaurus rathi, has been unearthed in Zimbabwe.
It is believed to have lived more than 230 million years ago.
The Mbiresaurus raathi was one metre tall, ran on two legs and had a long neck and jagged teeth.
Scientists said it was a species of sauropodomorph, a relative of the sauropod, which walked on four legs.
The dinosaur was discovered during two expeditions, in 2017 and 2019, to the Zambezi Valley.
Darlington Munyikwa, deputy director of National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, was part of expeditions.
He added that Zimbabwe had been aware of the fossil for decades and other areas would be up for exploration.
Sci.News quoted Michel Zondo, a curator and fossil preparer at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, as saying, “The discovery of Mbiresaurus raathi is an exciting and special find for Zimbabwe and the entire paleontological field,”
The near-complete skeleton of the Mbiresaurus raathi is stored in a room in a museum in Bulawayo.
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