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EODROMAEUS
(e-oh-dro-may-us)
meaning: "Dawn Runner"
Eodromaeus
Named By: Ricardo N. Martinez, Oscar A. Alcober, Carina E. Colombi, Brian S. Currie, Isabel P. Montanez, Paul R. Renne and Paul C. Sereno in 2011
Time Period: Late Triassic, 231.4-229 Ma
Location: Argentina, Ischigualasto Formation
Size: Approximately 1.2 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Two individual specimens, one almost complete and articulated
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda |
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Eodromaeus (meaning "dawn runner") is an extinct genus of basal theropod dinosaur known from the Late Triassic period of Argentina. It has been cited by Sereno as resembling a supposed common ancestor to all dinosaurs, the "Eve" of the dinosaurs.

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