Berthasaura

Bertha's lizard

• Bertha · Personal name · Bertha Lutz, Brazilian zoologist and women's rights activist
• saura · Greek · lizard

The name honours Bertha Lutz, a Brazilian naturalist and pioneering campaigner for women's rights, combined with the Greek-derived "saura" meaning "lizard". The type species is Berthasaura leopoldinae. It was described as a toothless, beaked theropod related to the noasaurids.

Named by

Souza et al.

Year named

2021

Period

Cretaceous

Found in

Goio-Erê Formation, Paraná, Brazil

A small theropod, interpreted as a noasaurid abelisauroid with a toothless beak. The exact age of the Goio-Erê Formation is uncertain, so the stages are left out.