Eodromaeus Eodromaeus
"dawn runner"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Eodromaeus 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1.2 m (3.9 ft)
- Period
- Late Triassic (231.4–229 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Eodromaeus (meaning “dawn runner”) is an extinct genus of probable basal theropod dinosaurs from the Late Triassic of Argentina. Like many other of the earliest-known dinosaurs, it hails from the Carnian-age (~230 Ma) Ischigualasto Formation, within the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin of northwestern Argentina. Upon its discovery, it was argued to be one of the oldest true theropods, supplanting its contemporary Eoraptor, which was reinterpreted as a basal sauropodomorph.
What we know
- Named by Martinez et al., 2011.
- Body length estimated at about 1.2 m.
- Fossils found in Argentina.