Genus
Valid Extinct

Eoraptor

Sereno et al. 1993
Etymology Voleur de l'aube

Eoraptor is a genus of small, lightly built, basal sauropodomorph dinosaur. One of the earliest-known dinosaurs and one of the earliest sauropodomorphs, it lived approximately 231 to 228 million years ago, during the Late Triassic in Western Gondwana, in the region that is now northwestern Argentina. The type and only species, Eoraptor lunensis, was first described in 1993, and is known from an almost complete and well-preserved skeleton and several fragmentary ones. Eoraptor had multiple tooth shapes, which suggests that it was omnivorous.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Eoraptor
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Eoraptor Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Ischigualasto
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Eoraptor lunensis 234 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. C. Sereno, C. A. Forster, and R. R. Rogers, A. M. Monetta. 1993. Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria. Nature 361:64-66 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. C. Sereno, C. A. Forster, and R. R. Rogers, A. M. Monetta. 1993. Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria. Nature 361:64-66 DOI ↗