| Description | Eucnemesaurus (meaning "good tibia lizard", for its robust tibiae) 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.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Eucnemesaurus : Eucnemesaurus fortis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Riojasauridae : Eucnemesaurus : Eucnemesaurus fortis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Eucnemesaurus |
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| Scientific Name | Eucnemesaurus fortis Van Hoepen, 1920 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Eucnemesaurus fortis | species | belongs to Eucnemesaurus | stated without evidence | Van Hoepen, 1920 | | Eucnemesaurus fortis | species | belongs to Eucnemesaurus | stated with evidence | Ellenberger, 1970 | | Eucnemesaurus fortis | species | belongs to Eucnemesaurus | stated without evidence | Steel, 1970 | | Eucnemesaurus fortis | species | nomen dubium Eucnemesaurus | stated without evidence | Galton and Upchurch, 2004 | | Eucnemesaurus fortis | species | belongs to Eucnemesaurus | stated without evidence | Yates, 2005 | | Eucnemesaurus fortis | species | belongs to Eucnemesaurus | stated with evidence | Yates, 2007 | | Eucnemesaurus fortis | species | belongs to Eucnemesaurus | stated without evidence | Barrett, 2009 | | Eucnemesaurus fortis | species | belongs to Eucnemesaurus | stated with evidence | McPhee et al., 2015 | | Eucnemesaurus fortis | species | belongs to Eucnemesaurus | stated without evidence | Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain, 2016 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 228 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 228 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Diapsida) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | 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 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucnemesaurus_fortis |
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| Van Hoepen E. C. N. (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 |
| Haughton S. H. (1924) The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series, Annals of the South African Museum 12, 323-497 |
| Huene F. v. (1941) Eine Fährtenplatte aus dem Stubensandstein des mittleren Keuper der Tübinger Gegend [A footprint slab from the Stubensandstein of the middle Keuper of the Tübingen area], Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung B: Geologie und Paläontologie 1941 5, 139-141 |
| Haughton S. H., Brink A. S. (1954) A bibliographical list of Reptilia from the Karroo Beds of South Africa, Palaeontologia Africana 2, 1-187 |
| Ellenberger P. (1970) Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic)., In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, 343-370 |
| Steel R. (1970) Part 14. Saurischia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1-87 |
| Galton P. M. (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 |
| Paul G. S. (1988) , Predatory Dinosaurs of the World. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1-464 |
| Sues H.-D. (1990) Staurikosaurus and Herrerasauridae, The Dinosauria. University of California Press, Berkeley, 143-147 |
| Knoll F. (2004) Review of the tetrapod fauna of the "Lower Stormberg Group" of the main Karoo Basin (southern Africa): implication for the age of the Lower Elliot Formation, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 175 1, 73-83 |
| Langer M. C. (2004) Basal Saurischia, The Dinosauria (second edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 25-46 |
| Yates A. M. (2007) Solving a dinosaurian puzzle: the identity of Aliwalia rex Galton, Historical Biology 19 1, 93-123 |
| Barrett P. M. (2009) A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 4, 1032-1045 doi:10.1671/039.029.0401 |
| Langer M. C., Ezcurra M. D., et al (2010) The origin and early evolution of dinosaurs, Biological Reviews 85, 55-110 doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00094.x |
| McPhee B. W., Choiniere J. N., et al (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:10.1080/02724634.2015.980504 |
| Peyre de Fabrègues C., Allain R. (2016) New material and revision of Melanorosaurus thabanensis, a basal sauropodomorph from the Upper Triassic of Lesotho, PeerJ 4, e1639:1-32 doi:10.7717/peerj.1639 |
| A. M. Yates (2007) Solving a dinosaurian puzzle: the identity of Aliwalia rex Galton: Historical Biology 1: 93--123 - via Catalogue of Life |
| 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 2: 93--141 - via Catalogue of Life |
| B. W. McPhee, J. N. Choiniere, 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 5: e980504:1--24 (10.1080/02724634.2015.980504) - via Catalogue of Life |
| 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): 1--29 - via Catalogue of Life |
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