Also known as Herbstosaurus type
Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.2° S, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° S, 32.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Vaca Muerta Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• "Originally, the holotype was cited as from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) levels of the Lotena Formation (Casamiquela 1975)...However, in the same nodule with the pterosaur was found the ammonite Berriasiella sp., which undoubtedly belongs to the upper levels of the Tithonian, in the Vaca Muerta Formation, which is also exposed in this area."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. Herbst in 1969
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: R. M. Casamiquela. 1975. Herbstosaurus pigmaeus (Coeluria, Compsognathidae) n. gen. n. sp. del Jurásic medio del Neuquén (Patagonia septentrional). Uno de los más pequeños dinosaurios conocidos [Herbstosaurus pigmaeus (Coeluria, Compsognathidae) n. gen. n. sp. from the Middle Jurassic of Neuquén (northern Patagonia). One of the smallest known dinosaurs]. Actas del Primer Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia, Tucumán 2:87-103 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86513: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Herbstosaurus pigmaeus n. gen. n. sp.
Herbstosaurus pigmaeus n. gen. n. sp. Casamiquela 1975 Herbst lizard CTES-PZ 1711 (1709 in Codorniú and Gasparini 2013)
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