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- Type of dinosaur:
- small theropod
- Length:
- 1.0m
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- When it lived:
- Mid Jurassic, 159-132 million years ago
- Found in:
- South Africa
Nqwebasaurus is known from a partial skeleton lacking the skull, so the shape of the head is based on similar dinosaurs.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria
- Named by:
- de Klerk, Forster, Sampson, Chinsamy and Ross (2000)
- Type species:
- thwazi
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