Zimbabwe National Museums and Monuments Deputy Executive Director Darlington Munyikwa added. “A fossil from the Pebli Arcose Formation in the Cabora Bassa Basin, hitherto known for its paucity of fauna, is interesting. Several fossil sites [are] Expectations for future exploration are documented, highlighting the area’s potential to yield more valuable scientific material.
Most of it Mbiresaurus A specimen is being kept in Virginia Tech’s Deering Hall while the skeleton is cleaned and studied. all of them Mbiresaurus Skeletons and additional fossils found It is permanently housed at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
“This is a very exciting and important dinosaur discovery for Zimbabwe, and we have been watching the scientific progress with great pride.” he said. The director of the museum, Moira Fitzpatrick, was not involved in the study. “We are very pleased to work with Dr. Griffin, and we hope that the relationship will continue well into the future.”
The discovery Mbiresaurus It marks another high point for the Paleobiology and Geobiology Research Group. In the year In 2019, Nesbitt wrote a paper describing the newly named tyrannosauroid dinosaur. Susquityrannus hazel. Ironically, Nesbitt discovered the fossil at the age of 16 when he was a high school student participating in a 1998 dig in New Mexico.
“Our team seeks equal partnership and cooperation across the globe and this project demonstrates a very successful and valuable collaboration,” said Nesbitt. “We will continue to study the many fossils from the same area where the new dinosaur came from and we will explore the fossil beds further.”
Funding for the excavation and monitoring research came from a variety of sources, including the National Geographic Society, the US National Science Foundation, the Geological Society of America, the Paleontological Society, the Virginia Tech Graduate School, the Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences, and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo in Brazil.
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