Mnyamawamtuka, a new African titanosaur

[Halichoeres]

Possibly a close relative of Malawisaurus, this new species is known from a partial skeleton and some teeth, but no skull. Check out Mnyamawamtuka ("Mm-nya-ma-wah-mm-too-ka") moyowamkia from the Cretaceous of Tanzania!

A diagram of the skeleton as it was found, color coded by the year of collection:



Open access! https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0211412

And a phys.org write-up: https://phys.org/news/2019-02-mnyamawamtuka-dinosaur-heart-shaped-tail-evolutionary.html

[MoarCrossovers]

What is this name? How do you even go about pronouncing it?

[Nanuqsaurus]

What is this name? How do you even go about pronouncing it?

I think it's pronounced as ''Yi'' 

[Halichoeres]

What is this name? How do you even go about pronouncing it?

I think it's pronounced as ''Yi'' 

Haha!

It has the same stress pattern as "Saurornitholestes"

"Mm" as though expressing delight in a flavor
"nyah" as in one syllable of a child's taunt
"ma" as in the French macaron
"wam" as in the last syllable of "wigwam"
"tu" like "too"
"kah" but a little attenuated, so similar to the last syllable of "America"