Herbstosaurus
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Herbstosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Genus: | Herbstosaurus
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Herbstosaurus pigmaeus Casamiquela, 1974
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Herbstosaurus (meaning "Herbst's lizard") is the name given to a genus of pterosaur. It was first thought to be a Compsognathus-like small coelurosaurian dinosaur. Herbstosaurus lived during the Jurassic period, in what is now Argentina. The type species, H. pigmaeus, was described in 1974.
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