Noasauridae

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Noasaurids
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Noasaurus leali
Noasaurus leali
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Superfamily: Abelisauroidea
Family: Noasauridae
Bonaparte & Powell, 1980
Genera

Noasaurids were a group of theropod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period. They ranged from small (Ligabueino) to very large (Deltadromeus). Noasauridae is defined as all theropods closer to Noasaurus than to Carnotaurus.


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