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Herbstosaurus

名字的意思： “Herbst lizard”1

吃：魚飛行爬蟲類侏羅紀晚期到白堊紀早期嚴格來說不是恐龍

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.1 3

趣味小知識：翼龍在恐龍頭上飛來飛去，但牠們是恐龍的親戚，不是恐龍喔。

生存年代

149 到 143 百萬年前3

侏羅紀晚期到白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Neuquén Province, Argentina1 2

最高速度

時速約 52 公里（32 英里）

飛行, 估計值

牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Herbstosaurus 時速約 52 公里 (32 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

Herbstosaurus was first thought to be a small dinosaur, like Compsognathus. Later scientists realized it was a pterosaur, a flying reptile.1 2

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.1 2

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.3 2

Scientists think Herbstosaurus might belong to a group called Dsungaripteroidea, but this is not certain. It is a deeply nested pterodactyloid pterosaur.2

The fossil of Herbstosaurus was found in the Vaca Muerta Formation in Argentina, a place known for many Jurassic marine fossils.3 2

Herbstosaurus 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Herbstosaurus 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Herbstosaurus 最常被問的問題

?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.1 2

?How big was Herbstosaurus?

Herbstosaurus was small, but its exact size is not known because only a partial skeleton has been found. It was originally thought to be one of the smallest dinosaurs, but it is a pterosaur.1 2

?What did Herbstosaurus eat?

Herbstosaurus probably ate fish, like many other pterosaurs. Its fossils were found in a marine rock formation, suggesting it lived near the sea.1 2

迷思破解王

迷思： Herbstosaurus was a dinosaur.

真相： Herbstosaurus was actually a pterosaur, a flying reptile, not a dinosaur. It was originally mistaken for a small theropod dinosaur.1 2

給恐龍專家

學名: Herbstosaurus
命名者: Casamiquela 19753
類群: 飛行爬蟲類
科 / 演化支: Pterodactyloidea3
分類: Pterosauria > Pterodactyloidea3
岩石的年代: 149 到 143 百萬年 (Tithonian)3
岩層: Vaca Muerta3
國家: 阿根廷3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: 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
仍有爭議: Scientists are not sure exactly which group of pterosaurs Herbstosaurus belongs to. It might be a dsungaripteroid, but the evidence is weak.2