Reptilia - Theropoda - Noasauridae
Full reference: S. D. Sampson, M. T. Carrano, and C. A. Forster. 2001. A bizarre predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Nature 409:504-506
Parent taxon: Noasaurinae according to O. W. M. Rauhut and M. T. Carrano 2016
See also Agnolin and Chiarelli 2010, Agnolín et al. 2003, Allain et al. 2014, Carrano et al. 2011, Carrano et al. 2002, Carrano et al. 2004, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Coria et al. 2006, Delcourt 2018, Delcourt and Grillo 2014, Ezcurra et al. 2010, Forster et al. 2009, Gianechini et al. 2015, Griffin and Nesbitt 2016, Hendrickx and Mateus 2014, Maganuco et al. 2007, Novas et al. 2004, Novas et al. 2013, Novas et al. 2010, Novas et al. 2006, Rauhut 2003, Sampson et al. 2001, Sereno et al. 2004, Smith 2007, Tortosa et al. 2014, Tykoski and Rowe 2004 and Yates 2005
Sister taxa: Noasaurus, Velocisaurus, Vespersaurus
Subtaxa: Masiakasaurus knopfleri
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (29 collections)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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