Noasauridae

Noasaurids; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous,; 120–70 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Artist's restoration of Noasaurus leali
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Clade:	†Abelisauria
Family:	†Noasauridae; Bonaparte & Powell, 1980
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	Velocisauridae Bonaparte, 1991

Noasaurids were a group of theropod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period (Aptian/Albian-Maastrichtian ages^[1]). They were generally small in size. They were closely related to and built similarly to the Abelisauridae. The best known noasaurid is Masiakasaurus knopfleri from Madagascar.^[2]

Noasauridae is defined as all theropods closer to Noasaurus than to Carnotaurus.

Genera

Included genera after Carrano, Loewen and Sertic, 2011.^[1] and Tortosa et al., 2013.^[3]

Other genera

Vitakrisaurus

Classification

The following cladogram is based on the phylogenetic analysis conducted by Carrano et al. in 2002, showing the relationships among the Noasauridae:^[4]

Abelisauroidea

Noasauridae

	Laevisuchus

	Noasaurus

	Masiakasaurus

Genusaurus

Abelisauridae

An analysis conducted by Tortosa et al., 2013 recovers Dahalokely as a basal noasaurid.^[3]

Timeline

References

^ ^a ^b Carrano, M.T., Loewen, M.A. and Sertic, J.J.W. (2011) "New Materials of Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano, and Forster, 2001, and Implications for the Morphology of the Noasauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 95: 53pp.
^ Andrew H. Lee & Patrick M. O’Connor (2013) Bone histology confirms determinate growth and small body size in the noasaurid theropod Masiakasaurus knopfleri. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(4): 865-876
^ ^a ^b Tortosa, Thierry (2013). "A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Annales de Paléontologie (In press). doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.10.003. Retrieved 13 December 2013. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Carrano, M.T.; Sampson, S.D.; and Forster, C.A. (2002). "The osteology of Masiakasaurus knopfleri, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (3): 510–534.

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[masiakasaurusmonograph-1] Carrano, M.T., Loewen, M.A. and Sertic, J.J.W. (2011) "New Materials of Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson, Carrano, and Forster, 2001, and Implications for the Morphology of the Noasauridae (Theropoda: Ceratosauria). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 95: 53pp.

[2] Andrew H. Lee & Patrick M. O’Connor (2013) Bone histology confirms determinate growth and small body size in the noasaurid theropod Masiakasaurus knopfleri. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(4): 865-876

[tortosa2013-3] Tortosa, Thierry (2013). "A new abelisaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of southern France: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Annales de Paléontologie (In press). doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2013.10.003. Retrieved 13 December 2013. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[4] Carrano, M.T.; Sampson, S.D.; and Forster, C.A. (2002). "The osteology of Masiakasaurus knopfleri, a small abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 (3): 510–534.

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