Genus
Valid Extinct

Eucnemesaurus

Van Hoepen 1920

Eucnemesaurus is a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur genus usually considered to be a synonym of Euskelosaurus. Recent study by Yates (2006), however, indicates that it is valid and the same animal as putative "giant herrerasaurid" Aliwalia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Eucnemesaurus
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(C) Eucnemesaurus entaxonis (BP/1/6234). Right pes in dorsal view taken from McPhee et al. (2015b). Digit IV is indicated. Scales are 5 cm. © L. Sciscio, E. M. Bordy, M. G. Lockley, M. Abrahams · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Riojasauridae Unranked clade
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Eucnemesaurus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
4
Geological formations
Elliot
4
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
4
Species (3)
Aliwalia rex subjective synonym of Eucnemesaurus fortis 227 Ma
Eucnemesaurus entaxonis 227 Ma
Eucnemesaurus fortis 227 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Aliwalia subjective synonym of Eucnemesaurus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1920. Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation. 6. Further dinosaurian material in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(2):93-141
Bibliography (4)
B. W. McPhee, J. N. Choiniere, and A. M. Yates, P. A. Viglietti. 2015. A second species of Eucnemesaurus Van Hoepen, 1920 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): new information on the diversity and evolution of the sauropodomorph fauna of South Africa's lower Elliot Formation (latest Triassic). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(5):e980504:1-24 DOI ↗
A. M. Yates. 2007. Solving a dinosaurian puzzle: the identity of Aliwalia rex Galton. Historical Biology 19(1):93-123 DOI ↗
P. M. Galton. 1985. The poposaurid thecodontian Teratosaurus suevicus v. Meyer, plus referred specimens mostly based on prosauropod dinosaurs, from the Middle Stubensandstein (Upper Triassic) of Nordwürttemberg. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 116:1-29
E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1920. Contributions to the knowledge of the reptiles of the Karroo Formation. 6. Further dinosaurian material in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(2):93-141