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 | |
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.