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Noasauridae

Berthasaura

"Bertha"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Berthasaura 1 m (3.3 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Berthasaura
Length
1 m (3.3 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
South America · Brazil
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Noasauridae
Berthasaura reconstruction by Geovane Alves de Souza, Marina Bento Soares, Luiz Carlos Weinschütz, Everton Wil
Reconstruction · Geovane Alves de Souza, Marina Bento Soares, Luiz Carlos Weinschütz, Everton Wil (CC-BY)

Berthasaura (meaning “Bertha’s lizard”) is an extinct genus of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Goio-Erê Formation of Paraná, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, Berthasaura leopoldinae, known from a nearly complete skeleton.

What we know

  • Named by de Souza et al., 2021.
  • Body length estimated at about 1 m.
  • Fossils found in South America and Brazil.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Berthasaura — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.