Noasaurus leali Bonaparte and Powell 1980 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Noasauridae

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte and J. E. Powell. 1980. A continental assemblage of tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous beds of El Brete, northwestern Argentina (Sauropoda-Coelurosauria-Carnosauria-Aves). Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série 139:19-28

Belongs to Noasaurus according to M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson 2008

See also Agnolín et al. 2021, Agnolin and Chiarelli 2010, Bonaparte 1984, Bonaparte 1984, Bonaparte 1991, Bonaparte 1996, Bonaparte et al. 1990, Bonaparte and Powell 1980, Candeiro et al. 2012, Candeiro and Martinelli 2005, Carrano et al. 2011, Coria et al. 2006, Fernandes de Azevedo et al. 2013, Frey and Martill 1995, Furtado et al. 2013, Lamanna et al. 2002, Martínez et al. 2004, Novas 1997, Novas 1997, Novas et al. 2004, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2010, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2003, Salgado et al. 2009, Sampson and Witmer 2007 and Tykoski and Rowe 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PVL 4061. Its type locality is Estancia "El Brete" (PVL), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Lecho Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Estancia "El Brete" (PVL)

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