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early long-neck
Efraasia
Say it like this: “E-FRAHS-ee-A”
Efraasia minor
Efraasia ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in Germany.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 1973 · Galton, P. M.
- Hip height
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 6–7 m · 20–23 ft
- Weight
- 365 kg · 805 lb
- Found in
- Germany · Löwenstein
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Sauropodomorpha
The story in short
Efraasia was formally named in 1973 by P. M. Galton. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Efraasia date to the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from Germany, including the Löwenstein Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Efraasia at a length near 6–7 m, hips about 1.2 m high, and a body mass around 365 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropodomorpha, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Agrosaurus
Agrosaurus macgillivrayi
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · roughly 205.7 to 201.4 million years ago
Ahvaytum
Ahvaytum bahndooiveche
Late Triassic (Carnian) · roughly 237 to 227.3 million years ago
Arcusaurus
Arcusaurus pereirabdalorum
Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago