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Homepage > Triassic Dinosaurs - Efraasia diagnostica

(ef-frah-zee-uh)
"Fraas lizard"

Describer Galton, 1973
Also Known As Sellosaurus gracilis, Huene, 1907-1908. Palaeosaurus diagnosticus, Huene,1932. Sellosaurus fraasi, Huene, 1907-1908. Teratosaurus minor, Huene, 1907-1908. Theocodontosaurus diagnosticus, Fraas, 1912. Thecodontosaurus hermannianus, Huene, 1907-1908.
Type of Species diagnostica
Order Saurischia
SubOrder Sauropodomorpha
InfraOrder --
Micro-Order --
Family Plateosauridae
Size 20 feet (6 meters) in length
Period Late Triassic 210 million years ago
Fossilsite Germany
Diet Herbivore

Efraasia was a quadruped herbivore which lived during the Late Triassic Period about 210 million years ago. Eberhard Fraas discovered the animal in what is now Germany. Efraasia was about 20 feet (6 meters) in length.

Efraasia was once thought to be a relatively small dinosaur, this is due to the fact that the fossils that were discovered belonged to a juvenile dinosaur. Efraasia reached a length of 20 feet (6 meters) in adulthood. Efraasia is believed to have been partially bipedal and partially quadruped, like many primitive sauropodomorphs. In the process of classifying this animal, Efraasia has been misidentified at least four times.