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Noasaurinae

Reptilia - Noasauridae

Taxonomy
Noasaurinae was named by Paul (1988). It is not extant. Its type is Noasaurus.

It was assigned to Megalosauridae by Paul (1988); and to Noasauridae by Rauhut and Carrano (2016) and Delcourt (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Noasaurinae Paul p. 285
2016Noasaurinae Rauhut and Carrano p. 50
2018Noasaurinae Delcourt p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
familyNoasauridae
subfamilyNoasaurinae
subfamilyNoasaurinae

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.

Subfm. †Noasaurinae Paul 1988
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G. †Masiakasaurus Sampson et al. 2001
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†Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson et al. 2001
G. †Noasaurus Bonaparte and Powell 1980
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†Noasaurus leali Bonaparte and Powell 1980
G. †Velocisaurus Bonaparte 1991
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†Velocisaurus unicus Bonaparte 1991
G. †Vespersaurus Langer et al. 2019
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†Vespersaurus paranaensis Langer et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 86.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Campanian125.0 - 72.1Brazil (Paraná) Vespersaurus paranaensis (160057)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Argentina (Río Negro) Velocisaurus unicus (84309)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Argentina (Neuquén) Velocisaurus unicus (47796)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Masiakasaurus knopfleri (25074 32366 39265 39266 46894 55268 55269 71399 84840 84841 85063 91206 118203 138731 138732 138733 138734 138735 138737 138738 138739 138740 138741 138742 138743 138744 138745 138746 206553)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Salta) Coelurosauria indet. (13307)