Eucnemesaurus

DV-0107 · type species Eucnemesaurus fortis

Lived: 227 to 201 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Riojasauridae
Found in: South Africa
Named by: Van Hoepen 1920

Field notes

About Eucnemesaurus

Eucnemesaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 201 million years ago. It belongs to the family Riojasauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Eucnemesaurus, from South Africa. Its fossils come from the Elliot Formation. It was named by Van Hoepen in 1920.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

4 finds

210 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Riojasauridae.

RiojasaurusLate Triassic

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1920. Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation. 6. Further dinosaurian material in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(2):93-141