Herbstosaurus Herbstosaurus Herbstosaurus is the name given to a genus of pterosaur that lived during the Jurassic period, in what is now Argentina. In 1969 Argentine paleobotanist Rafael Herbst in the province Neuquén at Picun Leufú dug up a piece of sandstone holding a number of disarticulated bones of a small reptile. At the time it was assumed the rock dated from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian), about 163 million years ago. In 1974/1975 paleontologist Rodolfo Magín Casamiquela named the find as a new genus. The type species is "Herbstosaurus pigmaeus". The genus name honours Herbst and connects his name to Greek
Helen (given name) Helen (given name) Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek name , "Helenē" (dialectal variant: , "Helena") whose etymology is unknown; a derivation of the latter from , a variant form of , i.e. "torch", is considered "rather uncertain". Another possible derivation is from Greek "Selene", meaning 'moon'. Helen of Troy is a character in Greek mythology. The name was widely used by early Christians due to Saint Helena, the mother of the emperor Constantine I, who according to legend found a piece of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified when she traveled to