Efraasia
- Length
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Period
- Late Triassic (210 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · Germany
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Efraasia (pronounced “E-FRAHS-ee-A”) is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur. It was a herbivore which lived during the middle Norian stage of the Late Triassic, around 210 million years ago, in what is now Germany. It was named in 1973 after Eberhard Fraas, who during the early twentieth century collected what were the original type specimens. The specimens were at first assigned to three already existing genera and so became divided among three separate species: Teratosaurus minor, Sellosaurus fraasi and Paleosaurus diagnosticus. In 2003, these were combined into a single valid species: Efraasia minor. Efraasia was a lightly built, medium-sized sauropodomorph, about 6 – 7 m long.
What we know
- Named by Galton, 1973.
- Body length estimated at about 7 m.
- Fossils found in Asia and Germany.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Efraasia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.