Dromicosaurus

Dromicosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic or Early Jurassic 227.3–184.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Parts of the type specimen: Left pubis (top), tail vertebrae (left), back vertebra (middle right), and right pubis (bottom right)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Eusaurischia
Clade:	†Sauropodomorpha
Genus:	†Dromicosaurus van Hoepen, 1920[1]
Species
†D. gracilis van Hoepen, 1920[1]

Dromicosaurus is a dubious genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic or Early Jurassic of South Africa. Its only species is D. gracilis. Dromicosaurus was named by Egbert Cornelis Nicolaas van Hoepen in 1920 from a fragmentary skeleton he had discovered in the Elliot Formation in Free State. The name, lit. 'quick-walking lizard', alludes to the slender legs compared to related genera such as Eucnemesaurus. Dromicosaurus has repeatedly been considered as a synonym of a species of Massospondylus, but was considered an indeterminate sauropodomorph in the two most recent reviews.

Parts of the type specimen. Left: Femur (top) and radius and metatarsals (bottom). Middle: Tibia (top), metatarsals (bottom left), and humerus (bottom right). Right: Fibula (top) and ischium (bottom)