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Eucnemesaurus
Eucnemesaurus fortis Van Hoepen 1920
Late Triassic (Rhaetian) · 227.3–201.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Eucnemesaurus fortis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Triassic, roughly 227.3–201.4 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. It was named by Van Hoepen 1920. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Eucnemesaurus sits in deep time
Eucnemesaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Eucnemesaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.