A New Dino Museum in South Africa!

A new dinosaur museum, the Kgoodumodumo interpretative centre, just opened last month in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in Free State. The area has been, and continues to be, a rich site for dinosaur fossils. One of the stars of the centre is Massospondylus, a dinosaur depicted below (more to proper scale on the right) that was first discovered in 1854 in SA and was one of the earliest dinosaurs named - our palaeo cred goes way back.

Dr Kimi Chapelle, aka Dinova is one of the lucky palaeontologists who has been able to study this dino, in particular its fossilised eggs and embryos. She was also the lead scientist on the development of the museum! Check it out next time you're in the Clarens area.

Thanks to GENUS Palaeoscience for the initial funding to make Kimi's character

Art by Clyde Beech and Natalia Jagielska