Noasaurus was a genus of ceratosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived from the late Campanian-Maastrichtian roaming South America. It was discovered by Eduardo Powell and Jos\u00e9 Fernando Bonaparte in the mid 1970s at Estancia El Brete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a small theropod that lived at a time when some of the largest dinosaurs in history lived. It has at least eleven teeth in the upper jaw that were trimmed and have serrations on the front and rear edges. The neck was long and its vertebrae were very elongated. It has a \"sickle claw\" on the foot that is exceptionally curved, has parallel base sides in the upper view and has a deep triangular cavity at the lower base. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This small hunter was 1.5 meters long and weighed 15 kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Noasaurus was a carnivorous dinosaur that hunted small creatures in its day.
It was discovered by Eduardo Powell and Jos\u00e9 Fernando Bonaparte in the mid 1970s at Estancia El Brete.
Noasaurus was a genus of ceratosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived from the late Campanian-Maastrichtian roaming South America.
The name Noasaurus means \"Lizard of northwestern Argentina\".