Eucnemesaurus

well-greaved lizard

• eu · Greek · good, well
• knemis · Greek · greave (armour for the shin or lower leg)
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Greek words for "well", "greave" (a piece of armour protecting the shin) and "lizard", giving roughly "well-greaved lizard". The "greave" part refers to the lower leg. It was given to an early long-necked dinosaur relative (a sauropodomorph) known from fossils in South Africa.

Named by

van Hoepen

Year named

1920

Period

Late Triassic

Found in

Elliot Formation, South Africa

A basal sauropodomorph (not a true sauropod). The type species is E. fortis; a second species, E. entaxonis, was named by McPhee et al. in 2015. Exact geologic stage is not given here because I am not certain of it.