Alternative spelling: Nqwebisaurus
Full reference: W. J. de Klerk, C. A. Forster, S. D. Sampson, A. Chinsamy, and C. F. Ross. 2000. A new coelurosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2):324-332
Parent taxon: Ornithomimosauria according to S. Hattori et al. 2023
See also Alifanov and Saveliev 2015, Allain et al. 2014, Choiniere et al. 2012, Claessens and Loewen 2016, de Klerk et al. 2000, Gishlick and Gauthier 2007, Holtz et al. 2004, Ji et al. 2007, Lee et al. 2014, MartÃnez and Novas 2006, McFeeters et al. 2016 and Sereno 2017
Sister taxa: Afromimus, Arkansaurus, Aviatyrannis, Beishanlong, Coelosaurus, Deinocheiridae, Garudimimidae, Harpymimidae, Hexing, Kinnareemimus, Nqwebasauridae, Ornithomimidae, Ornithomimoidea, Pelecanimimidae, Pelecanimimus, Shenzhousaurus, Thecocoelurus, Valdoraptor
Subtaxa: Nqwebasaurus thwazi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at 17 km west of Kirkwood (Cretaceous of South Africa)
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