Material now known under Efraasia first came to light after Albert Burrer, Hofsteinmetzmeister ("Court master stonemason") at Maulbronn, in 1902 began to exploit the Weiße Steinbruch, a quarry near Pfaffenhofen in Württemberg.
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In 2003, Adam Yates published a study incorporating these and other fossils from the Late Triassic of Germany.