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Noasaurus leali

Reptilia - Noasauridae

Taxonomy
Noasaurus leali was named by Bonaparte and Powell (1980). Its type specimen is PVL 4061 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Estancia "El Brete" (PVL), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Lecho Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Noasaurus leali Bonaparte and Powell
1984Noasaurus leali Bonaparte p. 119
1988Noasaurus leali Paul p. 285
1990Noasaurus leali Bonaparte et al. p. 34
1991Noasaurus leali Bonaparte p. 19 fig. 12
1995Noasaurus leali Frey and Martill p. 409
1996Noasaurus leali Bonaparte pp. 89-90
1997Noasaurus leali Novas p. 1
2002Noasaurus leali Lamanna et al. p. 63
2003Noasaurus leali Rauhut p. 33
2004Noasaurus leali Martínez et al. p. 578
2004Noasaurus leali Novas et al. p. 98 fig. 12
2004Noasaurus leali Tykoski and Rowe p. 49
2005Noasaurus leali Candeiro and Martinelli p. 9
2006Noasaurus leali Coria et al. p. 1288
2007Noasaurus leali Sampson and Witmer p. 38
2008Noasaurus leali Carrano and Sampson pp. 196-197
2009Noasaurus leali Salgado et al. p. 78
2010Noasaurus leali Agnolin and Chiarelli p. 294
2010Noasaurus leali Novas et al. p. 58
2011Noasaurus leali Carrano et al. p. 3
2012Noasaurus leali Candeiro et al. p. 326
2013Noasaurus leali Fernandes de Azevedo et al. p. 137
2013Noasaurus leali Furtado et al. p. 110
2013Noasaurus leali Novas et al. p. 176
2021Noasaurus leali Agnolín et al. p. 1

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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
genusNoasaurus
speciesleali

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.

†Noasaurus leali Bonaparte and Powell 1980
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson 2008Abelisauroid with: (1) maxillary tooth count reduced to 10 at most, and (2) cervical neural arch with anterior epipophyseal prong (modified from Bonaparte & Powell 1980: 23–24).
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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Salta) Coelurosauria indet. (type locality: 13307)