Euparkeria, meaning "Parker's good animal", named in honor of W.K. Parker, was a small African reptile that lived during the Early Triassic Period, between 248-245 million years ago. Euparkeria was an ornithosuchian, and also thought to represent an early archosaur or archosauriforme. The first fossils were found in South Africa in 1913, but better specimens were found in 1924.
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| - Euparkeria, meaning "Parker's good animal", named in honor of W.K. Parker, was a small African reptile that lived during the Early Triassic Period, between 248-245 million years ago. Euparkeria was an ornithosuchian, and also thought to represent an early archosaur or archosauriforme. The first fossils were found in South Africa in 1913, but better specimens were found in 1924.
- Euparkeria, named in honor of W.K. Parker, was a small African bipedal reptile of the early Triassic period between 248-245 MYA, that was taxonomically close to the ancestry of the archosaurs, so it was possibly a dinosauromorph.
- Euparkeria was a species of small reptile from the Triassic period, close to the ancestry of Archosauria.
- Group: Primitive archosaurs Date: Early Triassic Size: 70cm (28in) long Location: South Africa Euparkeria was one of many reptile species that lived during the first few million years of the Triassic in what is now South Africa. This small carnivore had a mouthful full of sharp teeth and was covered in scaly skin embedded with bony plates (osteoderms) along it's back and tail. A close cousin of the archosaurs, it showed many characteristics that developed more fully in dinosaurs and other archosaurs. Longer back legs allowed it to run or stand upright at times, which gave it the life-saving advantage of speed and agility, and it's skull had a large opening in front of the eye that housed an enlarged space or sinus, which points to a good spence of smell.
- thumb|400pxLa forma especial de los miembros del Euparkeria le hacía un depredador terrible. Si bien podía avanzar rápido a cuatro patas, tenía los cuartos traseros un tercio más largos que los delanteros y eso le permitía andar a dos patas, entonces usaba la cola para equilibrarse. El hecho de avanzar a dos o cuatro patas permitía al Euparkeria correr más rápido que sus presas si aumentar el consumo de energía. Además cuando atrapaba a una presa podía utilizar sus patas delanteras como arma adicional. La espalda y la cola estaban cubiertas de placas óseas. El Euparkeria fue un arcosaurio típico, cuyos restos fueron hallados en Suráfrica, en estratos del Triásico inferior, era más bien pequeño (1 metro de largo) y era un insectívoro activo. No se le puede considerar un dinosaurio, pero era
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| - Euparkeria, meaning "Parker's good animal", named in honor of W.K. Parker, was a small African reptile that lived during the Early Triassic Period, between 248-245 million years ago. Euparkeria was an ornithosuchian, and also thought to represent an early archosaur or archosauriforme. The first fossils were found in South Africa in 1913, but better specimens were found in 1924.
- Group: Primitive archosaurs Date: Early Triassic Size: 70cm (28in) long Location: South Africa Euparkeria was one of many reptile species that lived during the first few million years of the Triassic in what is now South Africa. This small carnivore had a mouthful full of sharp teeth and was covered in scaly skin embedded with bony plates (osteoderms) along it's back and tail. A close cousin of the archosaurs, it showed many characteristics that developed more fully in dinosaurs and other archosaurs. Longer back legs allowed it to run or stand upright at times, which gave it the life-saving advantage of speed and agility, and it's skull had a large opening in front of the eye that housed an enlarged space or sinus, which points to a good spence of smell. Despite its sharp teeth and fearsome appearance, Euparkeria lived in a world of many predators. Aside from speed, sharp claws on its thumbs were its only defence. Euparkeria lived during the Middle Triassic, a few million years before dinosaurs like Eoraptor. It's name means "Parkers good animal". Named in honor of W.K. Parker.
- thumb|400pxLa forma especial de los miembros del Euparkeria le hacía un depredador terrible. Si bien podía avanzar rápido a cuatro patas, tenía los cuartos traseros un tercio más largos que los delanteros y eso le permitía andar a dos patas, entonces usaba la cola para equilibrarse. El hecho de avanzar a dos o cuatro patas permitía al Euparkeria correr más rápido que sus presas si aumentar el consumo de energía. Además cuando atrapaba a una presa podía utilizar sus patas delanteras como arma adicional. La espalda y la cola estaban cubiertas de placas óseas. El Euparkeria fue un arcosaurio típico, cuyos restos fueron hallados en Suráfrica, en estratos del Triásico inferior, era más bien pequeño (1 metro de largo) y era un insectívoro activo. No se le puede considerar un dinosaurio, pero era parecido en la cadera, gracias a la cual podía andar a dos patas. Esta novedad provenía de la gran agilidad de la articulación de la cadera y el muslo, de forma que tenía las patas bajo el cuerpo, que eran pequeñas y musculosas. Además, la permitió evolucionar hacia otros reptiles más avanzados, lo que los demás no pudieron, esos son los dinosaurios. Fue probable el primer animal que corrió sobre dos patas. Este pequeño y ágil carnívoro solía caminar a cuatro patas, pero cuando divisaba una posible presa, como un minúsculo reptil mamiferoide, probablemente se incorporaba sobre los cuartos traseros y emprendía la persecución. Es un animal importante por sus características comunes con los cocodrilos y los dinosaurios. Categoría:Reptiles Categoría:Cocodrilos Categoría:Arcosaurios Categoría:Rauisuquios Categoría:Fauna del Triásico
- Euparkeria, named in honor of W.K. Parker, was a small African bipedal reptile of the early Triassic period between 248-245 MYA, that was taxonomically close to the ancestry of the archosaurs, so it was possibly a dinosauromorph.
- Euparkeria was a species of small reptile from the Triassic period, close to the ancestry of Archosauria.
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