Noasauridae
Encyclopedia
Noasaurids were a group of theropod dinosaur
s from the Cretaceous
Period (Aptian
/Albian
-Maastrichtian
ages). They were generally small in size. They were closely related to and built similarly to the Abelisauridae
.
Noasauridae is defined as all theropods closer to Noasaurus
than to Carnotaurus
.
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
s from the Cretaceous
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the...
Period (Aptian
Aptian
The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch or series and encompasses the time from 125.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 112.0 ± 1.0 Ma , approximately...
/Albian
Albian
The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous epoch/series. Its approximate time range is 112.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 99.6 ± 0.9 Ma...
-Maastrichtian
Maastrichtian
The Maastrichtian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the latest age or upper stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch or Upper Cretaceous series, the Cretaceous period or system, and of the Mesozoic era or erathem. It spanned from 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma to 65.5 ± 0.3 Ma...
ages). They were generally small in size. They were closely related to and built similarly to the Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae is a family of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs. Abelisaurids thrived during the Cretaceous Period, on the ancient southern supercontinent of Gondwana, and today their fossil remains are found on the modern continents of Africa and South America, as well as on the Indian...
.
Noasauridae is defined as all theropods closer to Noasaurus
Noasaurus
Noasaurus is the name given to a carnivorous dinosaur genus of the late Campanian-Maastrichtian...
than to Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus
Carnotaurus was a large predatory dinosaur. Only one species, Carnotaurus sastrei has been described so far.Carnotaurus lived in Patagonia, Argentina during the Campanian or Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous...
.
Genera
Included genera after Carrano, Loewen and Sertic, 2011.- CompsosuchusCompsosuchusCompsosuchus is an extinct genus of abelisaurian dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous. It lived in India. Compsosuchus was described in 1933 by von Huene and Matley. The type species is C. solus. The genus is often considered a nomen dubium.-References:* at Dino Russ's Lair...
- GenusaurusGenusaurusGenusaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in France. Scientists have estimated the length of Genusaurus to have been 3 m and its weight 50 kg...
- JubbulpuriaJubbulpuriaJubbulpuria is the name given to a dubious genus of small dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of India.The genus was in 1932 named by Friedrich von Huene. The generic name refers to Jabalpur in the vicinity of which the fossils were found. The type species, Jubbulpuria tenuis, was described by von...
- LaevisuchusLaevisuchusLaevisuchus is a genus of abelisauroid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.Its remains were discovered by Charles Alfred Matley near Jabalpur in Maastrichtian deposits in the Lameta Formation in India, and named and described by paleontologists Friedrich von Huene and Matley in 1933. The...
- MasiakasaurusMasiakasaurusMasiakasaurus was a small predatory theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. It was named in 2001 by Scott D. Sampson, Matthew Carrano, and Catherine A. Forster. Unlike most theropods, the front teeth of Masiakasaurus projected forward instead of straight down...
- NoasaurusNoasaurusNoasaurus is the name given to a carnivorous dinosaur genus of the late Campanian-Maastrichtian...
(type) - OrnithomimoidesOrnithomimoidesOrnithomimoides is a dubious genus of small theropod dinosaur, from the Late Cretaceous period of India. Two species have been identified, though they are known only from isolated vertebrae. O. barasimlensis is known from five dorsal vertebrae, and O. mobilis from four smaller vertebrae, found at...
- VelocisaurusVelocisaurusVelocisaurus is a genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Argentina.In 1985 Oscar de Ferrariis and Zulma Gasparini uncovered fossils at Boca del Sapo in Neuquén province of Patagonia from layers of the Bajo de la Carpa Formation, dating from the Santonian. Among them...