Species
Valid Extinct

Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis

Reig 1963

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
10
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Herrerasauridae Family
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Herrerasaurus Genus
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Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis Species
Fossil sites 10 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
10
Geological formations
Ischigualasto
10
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
10
Synonyms (2)
Frenguellisaurus ischigualastensis subjective synonym of Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis
Ischisaurus cattoi subjective synonym of Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis
Bibliography
Original description
O. A. Reig. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estratos de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico Superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (República Argentina) [The presence of saurischian dinosaurs in the "Ischigualasto beds" (upper Middle Triassic) of San Juan and La Rioja Provinces (Argentine Republic)]. Ameghiniana 3(1):3-20
Bibliography (5)
P. C. Sereno and F. E. Novas. 1994. The skull and neck of the basal theropod Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(4):451-476 DOI ↗
P. C. Sereno, C. A. Forster, and R. R. Rogers, A. M. Monetta. 1993. Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria. Nature 361:64-66 DOI ↗
P. C. Sereno and F. E. Novas. 1992. The complete skull and skeleton of an early dinosaur. Science 258:1137-1140 DOI ↗
F. E. Novas. 1986. Un probable teropodo (Saurischia) de la Formacion Ischigualasto (Triasico Superior), San Juan, Argentina [A probable theropod (Saurischia) from the Ischigualasto Formation (Upper Triassic), San Juan, Argentina]. IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 1:1-6
O. A. Reig. 1963. La presencia de dinosaurios saurisquios en los "Estratos de Ischigualasto" (Mesotriasico Superior) de las provincias de San Juan y La Rioja (República Argentina) [The presence of saurischian dinosaurs in the "Ischigualasto beds" (upper Middle Triassic) of San Juan and La Rioja Provinces (Argentine Republic)]. Ameghiniana 3(1):3-20