The newly described dinosaur species lived in what is now Zimbabwe during the latest Triassic, roughly 210 million years ago. Named Musango matusadonaensis, the animal is the fifth dinosaur species named from this country. The partial skeleton of Musango matusadonaensis was excavated in 2018 from the Pebbly Arkose Formation near Musango Island, on the margin of Lake Kariba. According to the team, Musango matusadonaensis belonged to a group of early sauropodomorphs — the lineage that would eventually give rise to giant long-necked sauropods — called Unaysauridae. The discovery of Musango matusadonaensis is described in a paper published July 28, 2026 in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.