Dinosaurs · Small theropod

Nqwebasaurus

Say it n-qu-web-ah-sore-us. The name means ‘Nqweba lizard’.

Nqwebasaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of small theropods

Length: 1 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Mid Jurassic159 to 132 million years ago
Fossils found in: South Africa
Named by: de Klerk, Forster, Sampson, Chinsamy and Ross (2000)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Neotheropoda › Tetanurae › Avetheropoda › Coelurosauria

Where Nqwebasaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Small theropods. Small two-legged dinosaurs, many feathered, the group that includes birds. See all 60

Lived at the same time

Other small theropods

Guanlong Late Jurassic
Coelurus Late Jurassic
Juravenator Late Jurassic
Anchiornis Late Jurassic
Ornitholestes Late Jurassic
Archaeopteryx Late Jurassic
Proceratosaurus Mid Jurassic
Gasosaurus Mid Jurassic

Source: Nqwebasaurus 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.