Herrerasaurus is a bronze-tier fossil found on the third map.
Its in-game classification was changed from Theropoda to Others in update 1.7.2.
Description[]
Herrerasaurus was a genus of saurischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic period. This genus was one of the earliest dinosaurs from the fossil record. Its name means "Herrera's lizard", after the rancher who discovered the first specimen in 1958 in South America. All known fossils of this carnivore have been discovered in the Ischigualasto Formation of Carnian age (late Triassic according to the ICS, dated to 231.4 million years ago) in northwestern Argentina.
For many years, the classification of Herrerasaurus was unclear because it was known from very fragmentary remains. It was hypothesized to be a basal theropod, a basal sauropodomorph, a basal saurischian, or not a dinosaur at all but another type of archosaur. However, with the discovery of an almost complete skeleton and skull in 1988, Herrerasaurus has been classified as either an early theropod or an early saurischian in at least five recent reviews of theropod evolution, with many researchers treating it at least tentatively as the most primitive member of Theropoda.
It is a member of the Herrerasauridae, a family of similar genera that were among the earliest of the dinosaurian evolutionary radiation.
Trivia[]
- The pose used for the in-game fossil appears to be based on an illustration of Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis by Frederic Wierum.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis Illustration on Wikimedia Commons
External links[]
- Herrerasaurus on Wikipedia