Genus
Valid Extinct

Eodromaeus

Martinez et al. 2011

Eodromaeus 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 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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Eodromaeus
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ヘレラサウルス（ヘルレラ）と並ぶ最古級の獣脚類。発見当初はエオラプトルに分類されていた。 © ★Kumiko★ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Eodromaeus 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)
Eodromaeus murphi 237 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
R. N. Martinez, P. C. Sereno, and O. A. Alcober, C. E. Colombi, P. R. Renne, I. P. Montañez, B. S. Currie. 2011. A basal dinosaur from the dawn of the dinosaur era in southwestern Pangaea. Science 331(6014):206-210 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. N. Martinez, P. C. Sereno, and O. A. Alcober, C. E. Colombi, P. R. Renne, I. P. Montañez, B. S. Currie. 2011. A basal dinosaur from the dawn of the dinosaur era in southwestern Pangaea. Science 331(6014):206-210 DOI ↗