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Eucnemesaurus was once mistaken for a giant meat-eater called Aliwalia, but scientists later realized it was a plant-eating sauropodomorph.1
The name Eucnemesaurus means 'good tibia lizard' because its shin bones (tibiae) were very strong and sturdy.1
Fossils of Eucnemesaurus are about 228 million years old, from the Late Triassic period.1
A second species, Eucnemesaurus entaxonis, was named in 2015 based on a nearly complete skeleton.2

Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Eucnemesaurus
?How big was Eucnemesaurus?
Scientists do not have a precise size estimate, but its large femur (thigh bone) suggests it was a big early dinosaur, comparable in size to later theropods like Allosaurus.1
?What did Eucnemesaurus eat?
Eucnemesaurus was a plant-eater. It is a sauropodomorph, a group of long-necked dinosaurs that ate plants.1
?Was Eucnemesaurus a dinosaur?
Yes, Eucnemesaurus was a dinosaur. It was a basal sauropodomorph, which is a type of long-necked dinosaur.1
?When did Eucnemesaurus live?
Eucnemesaurus lived during the Late Triassic period, about 228 million years ago.1
Omumenyi w'enfumo
Enfumo: Eucnemesaurus was a giant carnivorous dinosaur like T. rex.
Amazima: Eucnemesaurus was actually a plant-eater. The confusion came from a meat-eating jawbone that was mixed with its fossils.1
Eri abakugu mu dayinoso
- Erinnya lya ssaayansi
- Eucnemesaurus
- Yatuumibwa
- Van Hoepen 19203
- Ekibinja
- Ez'ensingo empanvu
- Ekika / ekibinja
- Riojasauridae3
- Engabanya
- Sauropodomorpha3
- Emyaka gy'enjazi
- emyaka obukadde 227 okutuuka ku 201 (Norian / Rhaetian)3
- Ensengeka z'enjazi
- Elliot3
- Ensi
- Afirika ey'Obukiikaddyo3
- Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
- 4 mu The Paleobiology Database3
- Era emanyiddwa nga
- Aliwalia (amannya ag'edda kati gabalibwa ng'ekisolo kye kimu)3
- Okuzuulibwa
- Eucnemesaurus was named in 1920 by Dutch paleontologist Egbert Cornelis Nicolaas van Hoepen. He found the first fossils in the Slabberts district of South Africa.13
- Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Eucnemesaurus moved. Its sturdy feet suggest it walked more slowly than other early sauropodomorphs.2
Ebituufu gye biva
- Eucnemesaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- 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: Vol 35 , No 5 - Get Access (tandfonline.com)
- Eucnemesaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.
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