Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis Reig, 1963

Nesbitt, Sterling J., 2011, The Early Evolution Of Archosaurs: Relationships And The Origin Of Major Clades, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (352), pp. 1-292 : 51-53

Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis Reig, 1963

(fig. 12G–H)

AGE: Late Carnian, Late Triassic ( Rogers et al., 1993, adjusted for the new Triassic timescale of Muttoni et al., 2004).

OCCURRENCE: Ischigualasto Formation, Argentina.

HOLOTYPE: PVL 2566, dorsal, sacral, and caudal vertebrae, ilium, pubis, ischium, right femur, metatarsals, phalanges, left astragalus.

REFERRED MATERIAL: PVSJ 373, wellpreserved articulated skeleton, lacking skull and most cervical and caudal vertebrae; PVSJ 407, nearly complete articulated skeleton with skull and mandible.

REMARKS: See Nesbitt et al., 2009a.

KEY REFERENCES: Reig, 1963; Sereno and Novas, 1992; Novas, 1994; Sereno, 1994; Langer and Benton, 2006.