Herbstosaurus
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| Herbstosaurus Fossil range: Late Jurassic |
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| Herbstosaurus pigmaeus Casamiquela, 1974 |
Herbstosaurus (meaning "Herbst's lizard") is the name given to a genus of pterosaur. It was first thought to be a Compsognathus-like small coelurosaurian dinosaur. Herbstosaurus lived during the Jurassic period, in what is now Argentina. The type species, H. pigmaeus, was described in 1974.
[edit] References
- Herbstosaurus at the Pterosaur Database.
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