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early long-neck · Doubtful name
Euskelosaurus
Say it like this: “yoo-SKEE-lo-SOR-us”
Euskelosaurus browni
Euskelosaurus ate plants and walked on four 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
- 1866 · Huxley, T. H.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- South Africa · Elliot
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Plateosauridae
The story in short
Euskelosaurus was formally named in 1866 by T. H. Huxley. The name means “good-legged lizard.”
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 four legs.
The fossils of Euskelosaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Plateosauridae, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.