Efraasia

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Lived: 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: Germany
Named by: Galton 1973

Field notes

About Efraasia

Efraasia was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 5 finds of Efraasia, from Germany. Its fossils come from the Löwenstein Formation. It was named by Galton in 1973.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

5 finds

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Plateosaurusearly sauropodomorph
Liliensternustheropod
Procompsognathustheropod
Tuebingosaurusearly sauropodomorph

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodomorpha.

EoraptorLate Triassic
ThecodontosaurusMiddle Triassic to Early Jurassic
HuayracursorLate Triassic
BuriolestesLate Triassic
PantydracoLate Triassic
AhvaytumLate Triassic
MbiresaurusLate Triassic
KholumolumoLate Triassic

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. M. Galton. 1973. On the anatomy and relationships of Efraasia diagnostica (Huene) n.gen., a prosauropod dinosaur (Reptilia: Saurischia) from the Upper Triassic of Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 47(3/4):229-255