Family
Valid Extinct

Herrerasauridae

Van Heerden 1978

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
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Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Herrerasauridae
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Herrerasauridae Family
News 1
Early Predatory Dinosaurs Survived Shift in Their Ecosystem, Fossil Fragment Suggests
Early Predatory Dinosaurs Survived Shift in Their Ecosystem, Fossil Fragment Suggests
bone predator Brazil fossil Dinosauria +1
A single bone from southern Brazil indicates that herrerasaurids, among the first large meat-eating dinosaurs, persisted after the fauna around them changed. The post Early Predatory Dinosaurs Survived Shift in Their Ecosystem, Fossil Fragment Suggests appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
23/10/2026 sci-news
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Bibliography
Original description
J. Van Heerden. 1978. Herrerasaurus and the origin of the sauropod dinosaurs. South African Journal of Science 74:187-189