This structure more closely matches that of the early dinosaur Coelophysis than it does of dinosaur ancestors, suggesting that Nyasasaurus was closer to the ancestry of dinosaurs than other archosaurs at the time.
This structure is more aligned with that of the early dinosaur Coelophysis than it is with those of dinosaur ancestors, indicating that Nyasasaurus was closer to the lineage of dinosaurs compared to other archosaurs at the time.