Eodromaeus
Eodromaeus murphi
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.
- Family
- Eodromaeidae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Triassic (231.4 Ma)
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- 1.2 m
- Weight
- 5 kg
- Type locality
- San Juan, Argentina
- Holotype
- PVSJ 562
- PBDB
- txn:174878