A Dinosaur named Kirky

Did you know that a fossil of the Nqwebasaurus was discovered near Kirkwood? Nqwebasaurus thwazi is the first Xhosa-named dinosaur. It was a turkey-sized coelursaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous period (159 – 132 million years ago). A lightly built fast-running predator with hollow bones and a large brain, it swallowed small stones to help […]