Berthasaura
Field photograph to come
Berthasaura
DV-1132
- Lived
- 121 to 72 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Noasauridae
- Found in
- Brazil
- Named by
- de Souza et al. 2021
Field notes
About Berthasaura
Berthasaura was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 121 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Noasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Berthasaura, from Brazil. Its fossils come from the Goio-Erê Formation. It was named by de Souza et al. in 2021.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Noasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: G. A. de Souza, M. B. Soares, and L. C. Weinschutz, E. Wilner, R. T., Lopes, O. M. O. de Araujo, A. W. A. Kellner. 2021. The first edentulous ceratosaur from South America. Scientific Reports 11(22281):22281:1-15