Eodromaeus murphi Martinez et al. 2011 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Full reference: R. N. Martinez, P. C. Sereno, O. A. Alcober, C. E. Colombi, P. R. Renne, I. P. Montañez, and B. S. Currie. 2011. A basal dinosaur from the dawn of the dinosaur era in southwestern Pangaea. Science 331(6014):206-210

Belongs to Eodromaeus according to R. N. Martinez et al. 2011

See also Ezcurra 2017, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Martínez et al. 2016, Martinez and Apaldetti 2017, Marzola and Dalla Vecchia 2014 and Nesbitt and Ezcurra 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PVSJ 560, a skeleton. Its type locality is Eodromaeus type, Valle de la Luna, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eodromaeus type, Valle de la Luna

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