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NOASAURUS
(no-ah-sore-us)
meaning: "Northwestern Argetnina lizard"
Noasaurus
Named By: J. F. Bonaparte & J. E. Powell in 1980
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 70 Ma
Location: Argentina, Salta Province - Lecho Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains, but roughly estimated to be about 2.4 meters in length
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and post cranial remains including finger and lower leg bones
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropoda | Abelisauroidea | Noasauridae |
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Noasaurus ("Northwestern Argentina lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur genus of the late Campanian-Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous).

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