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early long-neck
Eucnemesaurus
Say it like this: “yook-NEEM-ee-SOR-us”
Eucnemesaurus fortis
Eucnemesaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in South Africa.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 1920 · Van Hoepen, E. C. N.
- Hip height
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 8 m · 26 ft
- Weight
- 1.4 tonnes
- Found in
- South Africa · Elliot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Riojasauridae
The story in short
Eucnemesaurus was formally named in 1920 by E. C. N. Van Hoepen.
It lived in the Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian), roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago. Finds come from South Africa, including the Elliot Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Eucnemesaurus at a length near 8 m, hips about 2 m high, and a body mass around 1.4 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Riojasauridae, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Eucnemesaurus fortis. Other named species include Eucnemesaurus entaxonis.
Other species with this name
- Eucnemesaurus fortis
- Eucnemesaurus entaxonis