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Noasauridae

Reptilia - Noasauridae

Taxonomy

Noasauridae was named by Bonaparte and Powell (1980). It is not extant. Its type is Noasaurus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Abelisauridae by Rauhut (2003).

It was assigned to Coelurosauria by Bonaparte and Powell (1980); to Neoceratosauria by Holtz (1998); to Abelisauria by Tykoski and Rowe (2004) and Tortosa et al. (2014); to Ceratosauroidea by Bonaparte et al. (1990) and Delcourt (2018); to Abelisauroidea by Bonaparte (1991), Coria and Salgado (2000), Agnolín et al. (2003), Sereno et al. (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Carrano et al. (2004), Yates (2005), Candeiro and Martinelli (2005), Novas et al. (2006), Coria et al. (2006), Carrano and Sampson (2008), Agnolin and Chiarelli (2010), Carrano et al. (2011), Novas et al. (2013), Furtado et al. (2013), Hendrickx and Mateus (2014), Gianechini et al. (2015), Novas et al. (2019) and Baiano et al. (2020); and to Ceratosauria by Poropat et al. (2020).

Subtaxa

Austrocheirus, Berthasaura, Compsosuchus, Deltadromeus, Elaphrosaurinae, Himalayadrinda, Huinculsaurus, Jubbulpuria, Laevisuchus, Ligabueino, Noasaurinae, Ornithomimoides barasimlensis

Synonyms

Compsosuchus was named by Huene (1933) [Named by Huene in Huene & Matley 1933.].

It was considered a nomen dubium by Novas et al. (2004), Carrano and Sampson (2008) and Carrano et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Coeluridae by Romer (1956), Romer (1966), Steel (1970) and Molnar (1980); to Theropoda by Carroll (1988); to Allosauridae by Kurzanov (1989); to Carnosauria by Molnar et al. (1990); and to Compsognathidae by Huene (1933), Tatarinov (1964) and Khosla and Lucas (2023).
Jubbulpuria was named by Huene (1933) [Named by Huene in Huene & Matley 1933.].

It was considered a nomen dubium by Tykoski and Rowe (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Carrano and Sampson (2008) and Carrano et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1939) and Huene (1958); to Theropoda by Carroll (1988); and to Coeluridae by Huene (1933), Romer (1956), Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Molnar (1980) and Khosla and Lucas (2023).
Compsosuchus solus was named by Huene (1933) [Named by Huene in Huene & Matley 1933.]. Its type specimen is GSI K27/578, a set of vertebrae (cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bara Simla, Jabalpur [Carnosaur Bed], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Novas et al. (2004), Carrano and Sampson (2008) and Carrano et al. (2011).
Jubbulpuria tenuis was named by Huene (1933) [Named by Huene in Huene & Matley 1933.]. Its type specimen is GSI K27/614, K20/612, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bara Simla, Jabalpur [Carnosaur Bed], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Tykoski and Rowe (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Carrano and Sampson (2008) and Carrano et al. (2011).
Ornithomimoides barasimlensis was named by Huene (1933) [Named Ornithomimoides (?) barasimlensis by Huene in Huene & Matley 1933.]. Its type specimen is GSI IM K27/531, 541, 604, 682, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bara Simla, Jabalpur [Carnosaur Bed], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

It was considered a nomen vanum by Russell (1972); it was considered a nomen dubium by Tykoski and Rowe (2004), Novas et al. (2004), Carrano and Sampson (2008) and Carrano et al. (2011).
Velocisauridae was named by Bonaparte (1991).

It was synonymized subjectively with Noasauridae by Agnolin and Chiarelli (2010) and Carrano et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Ceratosauria by Bonaparte (1991); and to Abelisauroidea by Agnolín et al. (2003).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Compsosuchus Huene p. 60 fig. 20
1933	Compsosuchus solus Huene p. 60 fig. 20
1933	Jubbulpuria Huene p. 61
1933	Jubbulpuria tenuis Huene p. 61 fig. 20
1933	Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Huene p. 64 fig. 21
1939	Jubbulpuria Kuhn p. 47
1939	Jubbulpuria tenuis Kuhn p. 47
1939	Compsosuchus Kuhn p. 49
1939	Compsosuchus solus Kuhn p. 49
1939	Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Kuhn p. 56
1956	Compsosuchus Romer p. 612
1956	Jubbulpuria Romer p. 612
1957	Compsosuchus solus Lapparent p. 111
1957	Jubbulpuria tenuis Lapparent p. 111
1957	Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Lapparent p. 111
1958	Jubbulpuria Huene p. 205
1964	Compsosuchus Tatarinov p. 533
1964	Jubbulpuria Tatarinov p. 533
1966	Compsosuchus Romer p. 369
1966	Jubbulpuria Romer p. 369
1970	Compsosuchus Steel p. 15
1970	Compsosuchus solus Steel p. 15
1970	Jubbulpuria Steel p. 16
1970	Jubbulpuria tenuis Steel p. 16
1970	Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Steel p. 19
1980	Noasauridae Bonaparte and Powell p. 23
1980	Compsosuchus Molnar p. 139
1980	Jubbulpuria Molnar p. 139
1988	Compsosuchus Carroll
1988	Jubbulpuria Carroll
1988	Compsosuchus solus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 416
1988	Jubbulpuria tenuis Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 416
1988	Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 416
1989	Compsosuchus solus Jain p. 100
1989	Jubbulpuria tenuis Jain p. 100
1989	Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Jain p. 100
1989	Compsosuchus Kurzanov p. 4
1990	Noasauridae Bonaparte et al. p. 40
1990	Compsosuchus Molnar et al. p. 191
1990	Compsosuchus solus Molnar et al. p. 191
1991	Noasauridae Bonaparte p. 22
1991	Velocisauridae Bonaparte p. 70
1996	Jubbulpuria tenuis Chatterjee and Rudra p. 517
1996	Compsosuchus solus Kohring et al. p. 51
1996	Jubbulpuria tenuis Kohring et al. p. 51
1996	Compsosuchus solus Loyal et al. p. 629
1996	Jubbulpuria tenuis Loyal et al. p. 629
1996	Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Loyal et al. p. 629
1998	Noasauridae Holtz, Jr. p. 39
2000	Noasauridae Coria and Salgado
2001	Compsosuchus solus Mohabey p. 484
2001	Jubbulpuria tenuis Mohabey p. 484
2001	Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Mohabey p. 484
2003	Noasauridae Agnolín et al.
2003	Velocisauridae Agnolín et al.
2004	Noasauridae Carrano et al. p. 44A
2004	Noasauridae Novas et al. p. 80
2004	Noasauridae Sereno et al. p. 1329 fig. 4
2004	Noasauridae Tykoski and Rowe p. 65 fig. 3.12
2005	Noasauridae Candeiro and Martinelli p. 9
2005	Noasauridae Yates p. 118 fig. 9
2006	Noasauridae Coria et al. p. 1288 fig. 6
2006	Noasauridae Novas et al. p. 63
2008	Noasauridae Carrano and Sampson pp. 199-200 fig. 4
2010	Noasauridae Agnolin and Chiarelli p. 294
2011	Noasauridae Carrano et al. p. 3
2013	Noasauridae Furtado et al. p. 110
2013	Noasauridae Novas et al. p. 176
2014	Noasauridae Hendrickx and Mateus
2014	Noasauridae Tortosa et al. p. 70
2015	Noasauridae Gianechini et al.
2018	Noasauridae Delcourt p. 3
2019	Noasauridae Novas et al. p. 259
2020	Noasauridae Baiano et al.
2020	Noasauridae Poropat et al. p. 284
2023	Compsosuchus Khosla and Lucas p. 718
2023	Compsosuchus solus Khosla and Lucas p. 718
2023	Jubbulpuria Khosla and Lucas p. 718
2023	Jubbulpuria tenuis Khosla and Lucas p. 718
2023	Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Khosla and Lucas p. 718

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
suborder	Ceratosauria	()
family	Noasauridae
family	Noasauridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Noasauridae Bonaparte and Powell 1980

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G. †Austrocheirus Ezcurra et al. 2010

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†Austrocheirus isasii Ezcurra et al. 2010

G. †Berthasaura de Souza et al. 2021

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†Berthasaura leopoldinae de Souza et al. 2021

G. †Deltadromeus Sereno et al. 1996

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†Deltadromeus agilis Sereno et al. 1996

Subfm. †Elaphrosaurinae Rauhut and Carrano 2016

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G. †Elaphrosaurus Janensch 1920

†Elaphrosaurus bambergi Janensch 1920

G. †Limusaurus Xu et al. 2009

†Limusaurus inextricabilis Xu et al. 2009

G. †Himalayadrinda Malkani 2015

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†Himalayadrinda potwari Malkani 2015

G. †Huinculsaurus Baiano et al. 2020

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†Huinculsaurus montesi Baiano et al. 2020

G. †Laevisuchus Huene 1933

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†Laevisuchus indicus Huene 1933

G. †Ligabueino Bonaparte 1996

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†Ligabueino andesi Bonaparte 1996

Subfm. †Noasaurinae Paul 1988

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G. †Masiakasaurus Sampson et al. 2001

†Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson et al. 2001

G. †Noasaurus Bonaparte and Powell 1980

†Noasaurus leali Bonaparte and Powell 1980

G. †Velocisaurus Bonaparte 1991

†Velocisaurus unicus Bonaparte 1991

G. †Vespersaurus Langer et al. 2019

†Vespersaurus paranaensis Langer et al. 2019

Invalid names: Compsosuchus Huene 1933 [nomen dubium], Jubbulpuria Huene 1933 [nomen dubium], Ornithomimoides barasimlensis Huene 1933 [nomen dubium], Velocisauridae Bonaparte 1991 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available