Classification
Dinosauria
Unranked clade
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Theropoda
Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda
Unranked clade
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Averostra
Unranked clade
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Ceratosauria
Suborder
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Noasauridae
Family
Fossil sites 67 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
37
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Santonian
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
2
Cenomanian
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
13
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
2
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
3
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Kimmeridgian
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
3
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
3
Bathonian
(168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Velocisauridae
subjective synonym of Noasauridae
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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