Dinosaurs · Small theropod
Noasaurus
Say it noh-ah-sore-us. The name means ‘northwestern Argentina lizard’.
- Length
- 1 m
- Diet
- Meat-eater
- When
- Late Cretaceous84 to 66 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Bonaparte and Powell (1980)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Ceratosauria › Neoceratosauria › Abelisauroidea › Abelisauria
Small theropods. Small two-legged dinosaurs, many feathered, the group that includes birds. See all 60
Lived at the same time
- Aucasaurus · same country
- Gasparinisaura · same country
- Antarctosaurus · same country
- Dreadnoughtus · same country
- Puertasaurus · same country
- Neuquensaurus · same country
- Secernosaurus · same country
- Abelisaurus · same country
Other small theropods
- Bambiraptor Late Cretaceous
- Borogovia Late Cretaceous
- Masiakasaurus Late Cretaceous
- Pyroraptor Late Cretaceous
- Oviraptor Late Cretaceous
- Saurornithoides Late Cretaceous
- Citipati Late Cretaceous
- Conchoraptor Late Cretaceous
Source: Noasaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.