Re: "Nyasasaurus"

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/20/01 4:52:32 PM EST, gautam@majumdar.demon.co.uk writes:

<< "Nyasa Lizard, Family Anchisauridae
 Infraorder Prosauropoda, Suborder Sauropodomorpha, Order Saurischia
 Time Middle Triassic, Place Lake Nyasa, Tanzania
 
 Description - Seemingly a very early bipedal/quadrupedal plant-eating 
 dinosaur 7 ft (2.1 m) long with small head, long neck, slim hands and 
 feet, and huge thumb claws. >>

I believe Charig (in Harland et al, 1967, the paper I noted in my previous 
post) noted it as the earliest-known prosauropod (or one of the earliest 
known).