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
Jason (given name) Jason (given name) Jason is a common given name for a male. It comes from Greek (), meaning "healer", from the verb (), "heal", "cure", cognate with , "Iasō", the goddess of healing and , "iatros", "healer", "physician". Forms of related words have been attested in Greek from as far back as Mycenaen (in Linear B) and Arcadocypriot (in the Cypriot syllabary) Greek: , "i-ja-te" and "i-ja-te-ra-ne", respectively, both regarded as standing for inflected forms of , "healer". The name was borne in Greek mythology by Jason, the great Thessalian hero who led the Argonauts in the quest for the