What is Nyasasaurus Parringtoni? Nyasasaurus Parringtoni is the oldest dinosaur ever found on the planet by anthropologist named Sterling Nesbitt in Tanzania, when Nyasasaurus exist in ancient time, there is a giant continent called Pangea, Pangea consists of South America, Africa, Australia, Antartica. And Tanzania is a part of continent Pangea where Nyasasaurus Parringtoni lived.