Genus: Musango BARRETT, BOTHA, SCISCIO, STUART, LOVEGROVE, MUNYIKWA, ZONODO, BRODERICK, EDWARDS, MBAMBO, CHAPELLE, DOLLMAN, TOLAN & CHOINIERE, 2026
Etymology:
In reference to the Musango Concession Area, the type locality, and nearby Musango Island. Musango is a ChiShona word that can be translated as 'living in the bush' referring to its remote location.
Species: matusadonaensis BARRETT, BOTHA, SCISCIO, STUART, LOVEGROVE, MUNYIKWA, ZONODO, BRODERICK, EDWARDS, MBAMBO, CHAPELLE, DOLLMAN, TOLAN & CHOINIERE, 2026
Etymology:
Honouring Matusadona National Park, which is adjacent to the type locality.
Holotype: NHMZ 2583
Locality: The Musango Archosaur Site, situated in the Musango Concession Area, approximately 1 km south of the Musango Safari Camp, Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe.
Horizon: Pebbly Arkose Foamrion, Upper Karoo Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.
Material: 5 dorsal, 2 sacral and at least 15 caudal vertebrae, dorsal rib fragmetns, gastralia, 2 partial chevrons, a left scapula and coracoid, incomplete left humerus, a manual ungual, a partial left ilium, a right pubis, a partial right tibia adn fibula, the left astagalus and calcanum, left metatarsal V, 1 pedal phalanx, and various indeterminate bone fragments.