Outline: a typical early sauropodomorph
Eucnemesaurus
"good shin lizard"
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
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
210 million years ago
Field notes
About Eucnemesaurus
What it was like
Eucnemesaurus was a large, heavy plant eater from the long-necked line that later produced the giant sauropods. It had strong, thick leg bones, which gave it its name.
It was related to Riojasaurus from Argentina.
Its world
It lived in the Late Triassic in what is now South Africa. Its bones come from the lower part of the Elliot Formation.
How it was found
Van Hoepen named Eucnemesaurus in 1920. Its bones were once mixed up with other genera, and some were even thought to belong to a giant meat eater.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Riojasauridae
Sources: 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