Herrerasaurus
genus · Reig 1963 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 11 fossil sites · 1 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Triassic
237–227.3 million years ago
Found where
1 country
1 rock formations
Fossil record
11 sites
22 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
Did you know
Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 10 million years, from 237 to 227.3 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 227.3 million years old — that is roughly 758 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Herrerasaurus was named in 1963 (Reig 1963) — 63 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 1 named rock formations.
- 22 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
Keep going
Where next
Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).