Dinosauria
Saurischia
Theropoda
Neotheropoda
Averostra
Ceratosauria
Abelisauroidea
Noasauridae
Pronunciation: NOH-uh-SOR-uh-day
Authors: Bonaparte and Powell
Year: 1980
Meaning: Noasaurus family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: Velocisauridae (Bonaparte, 1991)
Authors: Bonaparte and Powell
Year: 1980
Meaning: Noasaurus family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: Velocisauridae (Bonaparte, 1991)
[Sereno, 2005] Definition
The most inclusive clade containing Noasaurus leali but not Carnotaurus sastrei, Coelophysis bauri or Passer domesticus (House Sparrow)
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Etymology
Noasauridae is derived from the Spanish term "noroeste Argentina" (North Western Argentina), and the Greek "sauros" (lizard) and "idae" (family), named for group anchor Noasaurus (the
North Western Argentina lizard).
Relationships
Further reading
• Bonaparte JF and Powell JE (1980) "A continental assemblage of tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous beds of El Brete, northwestern Argentina (Sauropoda, Coelurosauria, Carnosauria, Carnosauria, Aves)". Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série, 139: 19-28
• Carrano MT, Loewen MA and Sertic JJW (2011) "New materials of Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano, and Forster, 2001, and implications for the morphology of the Noasauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria)." 
Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 95(95): 53pp. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810266.95.1
• Novas FE (2009) "The Age of Dinosaurs in South America".
• Brougham T, Smith ET and Bell PR (2020) "Noasaurids are a component of the Australian ‘mid’-Cretaceous theropod fauna". Scientific Reports, 10: 1428. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57667-7
• Agnolin FL, Apesteguia S and Chiarelli P (2004) "The end of a myth: The mysterious ungual claw of Noasaurus leali". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24(3): 301A-302A
• Agnolin FL and Chiarelli P (2010) "The position of the claws in Noasauridae (Dinosauria: Abelisauroidea) and its implications for abelisauroid manus evolution". Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 84(2): 293–300. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-009-0044-2
Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 95(95): 53pp. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810266.95.1
• Novas FE (2009) "The Age of Dinosaurs in South America".
• Brougham T, Smith ET and Bell PR (2020) "Noasaurids are a component of the Australian ‘mid’-Cretaceous theropod fauna". Scientific Reports, 10: 1428. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57667-7
• Agnolin FL, Apesteguia S and Chiarelli P (2004) "The end of a myth: The mysterious ungual claw of Noasaurus leali". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24(3): 301A-302A
• Agnolin FL and Chiarelli P (2010) "The position of the claws in Noasauridae (Dinosauria: Abelisauroidea) and its implications for abelisauroid manus evolution". Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 84(2): 293–300. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-009-0044-2
