Herbstosaurus
Herbstosaurus was a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. It lived in the Late Jurassic period in what is now Argentina. This pterosaur was small and probably ate fish.13
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Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?
Nsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye
Herbstosaurus was first thought to be a small dinosaur, like Compsognathus. Later scientists realized it was a pterosaur, a flying reptile.12
The only known fossil of Herbstosaurus is a partial skeleton, including parts of the pelvis, sacrum, and both thigh bones. It is preserved in a sandstone nodule that also contains an ammonite shell.12
The name Herbstosaurus honors Rafael Herbst, the paleobotanist who found the fossil in 1969.1
Herbstosaurus lived about 149 to 143 million years ago, during the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic.32
Scientists think Herbstosaurus might belong to a group called Dsungaripteroidea, but this is not certain. It is a deeply nested pterodactyloid pterosaur.2

Nsɛm a wɔbisa bebree fa Herbstosaurus ho
?Was Herbstosaurus a dinosaur?
No, Herbstosaurus was a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. It was first thought to be a small dinosaur, but later scientists realized it was a pterosaur.12
Ma dino ho animdefoɔ
- Nyansahu din
- Herbstosaurus
- Obi a ɔtoo din
- Casamiquela 19753
- Kuo
- Wim mmoa a wɔwea
- Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ
- Pterodactyloidea3
- Nkyekyɛmu
- Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
- Abotan no mfeɛ
- mfeɛ ɔpepem 149 kɔsi 143 (Tithonian)3
- Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ
- Vaca Muerta3
- Aman
- Argentina3
- Fɔsil nkyerɛwee
- 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu3
- Nhunumu
- Rafael Herbst found the fossil in 1969 in Neuquén Province, Argentina. In 1975, paleontologist Rodolfo Casamiquela named it Herbstosaurus pigmaeus, thinking it was a small dinosaur.1
- Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye
- Scientists are not sure exactly which group of pterosaurs Herbstosaurus belongs to. It might be a dsungaripteroid, but the evidence is weak.2
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- Herbstosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- A revision of the pterodactyloid pterosaur Herbstosaurus pigmaeus Casamiquela, 1975 from the Late Jurassic of Argentina (scielo.br)
- Herbstosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.
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