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.