Herrerasaurus

## *Herrerasaurus* *ischigualastensis*

***Herrerasaurus*** is a genus of basal theropod from the Carnian age of the Late Triassic period, around 231 million years ago. It contains one species, *H.ischigulastensis*.

*Herrerasaurus* was added to The Isle dev branch in Patch 0.1.0.1338, then was officially released in Patch 0.1.1.1531.

## In Real Life

*Herrerasaurus* was found in the Ischigulasto Formation of Argentina, and was around 6 meters long. Its legs were strong, with a short thigh and a rather long foot, indicating it was probably a fairly swift runner.

The environment *Herrerasaurus* lived in was a volcanically active floodplain, which was covered by forests and had strong seasonal rainfall. The climate was moist and warm, although subject to seasonal variation.

*Herrerasaurus* likely preyed on small-to-medium-sized animals, such as the small ornithischian *Pisanosaurus*, as well as the more plentiful rhynchosaurs and synapsids. It was likely preyed upon by *Saurosuchus*; puncture wounds matching the large crocodylomorph were found in a *Herrerasaurus* skull. A pit in a skull bone of a specimen was attributed to intraspecific fighting.

Although its feet had five toes, only the middle three touched the ground, and only digits I, II, III, and IV had claws. The arms were less than half the length of the legs, with hands bearing five digits; only the first two fingers and the thumb bore claws, the remaining two digits were small and lacked claws altogether. It's skull also had a flexible joint in the lower jaw; a feature unusual among dinosaurs, but that has also been seen in some lizard species.

Due to its basal status, *Herrerasaurus* skull was more similar to more basal archosaurs like *Euparkeria* then to more derived theropods; it had five pairs of fenestrae in its skull, two of which were for the eyes and nostrils. Between them were two pairs of antorbital fenestrae and a pair of tiny, slit-like holes called promaxillary fenestrae.

Also due to this basal status, *Herrerasaurus* placement in the dinosaur tree has been rather variable, due to it's a combination of basal and derived traits. Initially described as an early carnosaur, it was then hypothesized to be a prosauropod, a basal saurischian, a basal dinosaur, and even outside of Dinosauria. Currently, there are two hypotheses on the placement of *Herrerasaurus*; some believe it to be a basal member of Saurischia, others believe it to be a basal member of Theropoda.

## In The Isle

*Herrerasaurus* is a small animal that can be easily killed by larger creatures, its favored prey are *Dryosaurus* and *Psittacosaurus*. *Herrerasaurus*' size makes ambushing prey an easy task, due to its fast speed it can easily take down small herbivores. It can also scavenge from other carnivores although very risky as bigger dinosaurs can easily kill an *Herrerasaurus*.

The *Herrerasaurus* is the fastest dinosaur in the game. Its running speed is almost identical to the Utahraptor's ambush speed. However as it is not implemented into Survival mode it is not known to rival any other survival dinosaurs speed.

It is currently only playable in Sandbox mode (Legacy).

*"The Herrerasaurus is one of the islands more colorful inhabitants. At first glance, it may not seem as threatening as some of the other carnivores but is no less equipped to devastate the unsuspecting. If you find yourself in dense jungle, don't forget to look up."*

-Official The Isle Roadmap

## General Information

### Pros:

* **Fastest dinosaur** in game (legacy).
* Fastest trot in the game (legacy).
* Small size makes hunting and hiding easy.
* High stamina (legacy).
* Easy to hide.
* fixes broken bones quickly.
* very slow food and water drop (legacy).
* Good turn radius.
* Ability to climb (EVRIMA), and can use the ***Control*** key in order to fall faster.
* Very high fall-damage resistance (immune to nearly all fall-damage, will display a bone icon instead of a footprint when *Herrerasaurus* is too high to jump down safely).

### Cons:

* Very low health and damage, although using its tree pounce (EVRIMA), a *Herrerasaurus* is able to One-Shot an *Omniraptor*.
* Very slow food and water intake (legacy).
* Very low food amount.
* Absurd climbing speed.
* Pretty slow swimming speed.

## Gallery

Two *Herrerasaurus'*s and an "Austroraptor" with a successfully killed *Psittacosaurus*.New Model with colorsA *Herrerasaurus* in a forestA *Herrerasaurus* in the old Isle Region 2 map
For a more complete gallery, visit Herrerasaurus/gallery

## Behind the Scenes

The model used for the *Herrerasaurus* is one of Vlad's (Swordlord3D) older models.

### Behind The Scenes/gallery

*Herrerasaurus* as seen in artwork*Herrerasaurus* DossierThe upcoming *Herrerasaurus* model; the first image of the model shown to the public. It appears to have a new dewlap.Upcoming *Herrerasaurus* modelHerrerasaurus Concept Art