Genus: Herrerasaurus REIG, 1963
Etymology: In honor of Victorio Herrera and Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Herrera’s lizard.
= Frenguellisaurus NOVAS, 1986
Etymology: In honor of Joaquin Frenguelli (1883-1958), an Italian -born paleontologist who worked in Argentina.
= Herrarasaurs GAUTHIER, 1986 (sic)
= Herrarasaurus GAUTHIER & PADIAN, 1985 (sic)
= Herrerosaurus KALANDADZE & RAUTIAN, 1991 (sic)
= Ischisaurus REIG, 1963 (Juvenile)
Etymology: A shorting of the Ischigualasto Valley and Triassic rock Formation.

Species: ischigualastensis REIG, 1963
Etymology: For the Ischigualasto Formation.

Holotype: PVL 2566

Locality: Hoyada de Ischigualsto, Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Chancha de  Bohas Member,  Lower third of the Ischigualasto Formation Agua de la PEna Group..

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Pelvis, 5 presacral vertebrae, the sacrum, complete tail and complete hind limb, all articulated.

Hypodigm

Locality: 3 km ESE of Aguada, La Pena, Hoyada Ischigualasto, San Juan Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Ischigualasto Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

PVL 2558: Fragmentary dentary, proximal and distal end of femora, tibiae, fibulae, fragment of humerus, fragmentary ilia, proximal end of pubis, presacral and caudal vertebrae, coracoid, radius, metatarsals, proximal phalanges, ungual, premaxilla, fragmentary maxilla, and fragmentary articular.

 


Locality: 6 KM WNW of Aguada Del Pena, El Arroyo Pintada, San Juan Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Ischigualasto Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

PVL 2045: Fragmentary femora, fragmentary tibiae and fibulae, fragments of gastralia and pubis.

 


Locality: Estratos de Ischigualsto, San Juan Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Ischigualasto Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

MLP (4) 61-VIII-2-2: Incomplete pelvis.

 


Locality: Los Colorados, 3 km N Aguada La Pena, Argentina.

Horizon: Los Colorados Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Norian Stage, Upper Late Triasisc Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

PVL 2264: Femur.

Note: Ornithisuchian femur BONAPARTE, 1960.

 

MANABE, 2005

UCPC49: Femur.


= cf Staurikosaurus sp BRINKMAN & SUES, 1987

Locality: 1 km north-west of Arroyo de Agua, San Juan Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Ischigualasto Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

MCZ 7064: Atlas-axis complex, parts of at least five dorsal vertebrae, fragments of both scapulocoracoids, proximal and distal ends of both humeri, a partial left ilium, the proximal ends of both ischia, the distal end of a right femur, the proximal and distal ends of a right tibia, the proximal end of a right fibula and some pedal phalanges.

Referred material:

MCZ 7063: Nearly complete skull. This may belong to MCZ 7064.

 

SERENO & NOVAS, 1993

Locality: Southern Argentina.

Horizon: Ischigualasto Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

PVSJ 407: Skull and mandible and nearly complete skeleton.
Note: Pathology, The skull has several bite lesions, dorsal margin of the supraoccipital ala of the left parietal and 2 other pits occur in the ventral margin of the left splenial.

PVSJ 373: Articulated, well-preserved skeleton lacking skull and most of cervical and caudal vertebrae, left carpus and manus.

PVL 2054: Fragments of both pubes and gastralia, most of both femora, tibiae, and fibulae, several metatarsals and phalanges of both feet.

PVL 2558a: Proximal and distal portions of both humeri, ulnae, femora, fibulae, and tibiae and an isolated manual ungual, ..

PVL 2558b:

PVSL 104: Fragmentary pelvic bones, sacral vertebrae and hind limb.

PVSJ 461: Nearly complete poorly preserved specimen.

MACN 18.688: Cast of a partial right pelvis.

EZCURRA, 2016

MCZ 4381: partial pelvic girdle, including both ilia, pubes and proximal end of ischia, and proximal end of left tibia.

PVSJ 380: Rigth scapula, and nearly complete, articulated right carpus and manus.

 

 


= Ischisaurus cattoi REIG, 1963
Etymology: In honor of Doctor Noemi V. Cattoi.

Holotype: MACN 18.060

Locality: San Juan Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Lower third of the Ischigualasto Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Skull fragments, parts of maxillae, premaxillae, lower jaws, limb and girdle elements and vertebrae.

Femur and humerus.

Hypodgim

MLP 61-VIII-2-3: Fragmentary right femur, fragmentary humerus, fragmentary vertebrae, right coracoid, fragment of maxilla, ramus.

 


= Frenguellisaurus ischigualastensis NOVAS, 1986
Etymology: For the Ischigualasto locality.

Holotype: PV-UNSJ 53

Locality: Rio La Chilca, 12 km from Puerta de la Chilca, NW of Hoyada Ischigualasto, Dept de Valle Fertil, San Juan Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Lower Ischigualasto Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Carnian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull, dentary, 1 cervical and 25 caudal vertebrae.