(Huh-RARE-oh-SORE-us)
Meat-eater
13 feet long
Late Triassic, 210 million years ago
South America
Herrerasaurus was the first large meat-eating dinosaur to evolve. Though it was the biggest dinosaur in its time, the biggest animals were relatives of crocodiles.The rocky desert where Herrerasaurus was found is so dry and rocky it is called “The Valley of the Moon".
