Genus
Valid Extinct

Nqwebasaurus

de Klerk et al. 2000

Nqwebasaurus is a probable ornithomimosaurian theropod from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa. The genus contains a single species, Nqwebasaurus thwazi, representing the oldest known coelurosaur in Africa and the evidence for basal coelurosaurian dinosaurs inhabiting Gondwana since the earliest Cretaceous period.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore, omnivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Nqwebasaurus
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Life reconstruction of the Nqwebasaurus thwazi © J-H. Jang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Ornithomimosauria Unranked clade
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Nqwebasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇿🇦 South Africa
1
Geological formations
Kirkwood
1
Temporal distribution
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Nqwebasaurus thwazi 143 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
W. J. de Klerk, C. A. Forster, and S. D. Sampson, A. Chinsamy, C. F. Ross. 2000. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2):324-332
Bibliography (1)
W. J. de Klerk, C. A. Forster, and S. D. Sampson, A. Chinsamy, C. F. Ross. 2000. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2):324-332