Herrasaurus

Herrasaur was a longmouthed theropod wich could grow longer than a family car, and heavy as a pony. It livet around 228 million years ago in what is now called the low hills of Andes. Herrasaurus was its time's larges predators, only smaller than the landliving relatives of the crocodile, fex Saurosuchus. Its prays would probably include Rhyncosaurus, Scaphonyx and the small herbivore Pisanosaurus. When Herrasaurus was running on its backlegs, it would easily keep up with the slower herbivores.





The first parts of the skeleton of Herrasaurus was discovered by an Argentinian Goat herder in the 1960's, but only fragments where known untill 1980's. Scientists then discovered an area in the Moon Valley, a descent place in the low mountains of Andes, an almost complete skeleton. That showd that Herrasaurus had long, razor sharp teeth in a long scull with dubble henged jaws that would help to get a good grip on the fighting prey. The arms where short, but the hands where long, and the three longest fingers had strong, hoocked cutting claws.