Berthasaura

de Souza et al. 2021

Berthasaura is an extinct genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Goio-Erê Formation of Paraná, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, Berthasaura leopoldinae, known from a nearly complete skeleton.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial

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A Berthasaura leopoldinae 3d Reconstruction by Alex Pritchard Dinosauria - Dinosaur Fossil Replicas © Alexpritchardartist · 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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Neotheropoda Unranked clade

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Averostra Unranked clade

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Ceratosauria Suborder

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Noasauridae Family

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Berthasaura Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇧🇷 Brazil

Geological formations

Goio-Erê

Temporal distribution

Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)

Species (1)

Berthasaura leopoldinae 121 Ma

Images 2

Bibliography

Original description

G. A. de Souza, M. B. Soares, and L. C. Weinschutz, E. Wilner, R. T., Lopes, O. M. O. de Araujo, A. W. A. Kellner. 2021. The first edentulous ceratosaur from South America. Scientific Reports 11(22281):22281:1-15 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)