Asilisaurus kongwe – the first basal dinosauriform from Africa
Ruhuhu Basin Research
Press Release Links
Graphics Related to the Press Release (click image to download; ~1 MB each)
Medium Resolution Images from the Field (click image to download; <2MB each)
Sebastien Steyer and Roger Smith collect fossils from the Manda Beds in 2008.
Photo by C. Sidor.
Linda Tsuji collects fossils in Tanzania in 2008.
Photo by C. Sidor.
Sterling Nesbitt looks over the Ruhuhu Valley in 2007.
Photo by L. Tsuji.
Laurent Nampunju excavates the tibia of Asilisaurus in 2008.
Photo by C. Sidor.
Christian Sidor excavates a fossil from the Manda Beds in 2007.
Photo by L. Tsuji.
The tibia of Asilisaurus, following excavation in 2007.
Photo by R. Smith.
Ken Angielczyk excavates a fossil in 2008, as Laurent Nampunju observes.
Photo by C. Sidor.
Ken Angielczyk, Bill Simpson, and Sebastien Steyer (L-R) excavate fossils in 2008.
Photo by C. Sidor.
Geographic location of the study area in southern Tanzania.
Image by C. Sidor.
Phylogenetic postion of Asilisaurus among bird-line archosaurs.
Image by S. Nesbitt.
Skeletal reconstruction of Asilisaurus, with missing bones in gray.
Image by S. Nesbitt.
Life restoration of Asilisaurus with sail-backed poposauroid in the background.
Image by M.H. Donnelly (Field Museum).
Life restoration of Asilisaurus.
Image by M.H. Donnelly (Field Museum).
Interview with NPR’s
