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[[File:Allosaurus_fragilis_AMNH_01.jpg|thumb|Mounted ''[[Joanusaurus]]'']]
{{Taxobox
| name = Joanusauroidae
| fossil_range = {{wp|Middle Jurassic}} – {{wp|Late Cretaceous}} <br/>{{Geological range|175|65}} 
| image = Allosaurus_fragilis_AMNH_01.jpg
| image_caption = Mounted ''[[Joanusaurus]]''
| image_upright = 1.15
| regnum            = {{wp|Animalia}}
| phylum            = {{wp|Chordata}}
| classis            = {{wp|Dinosauria}}
| ordo              = {{wp|Theropoda}}
| familia          = '''Joanusauroidae'''
| familia_authority  = [[Thibault d'Avignon]], 1878
| subdivision_ranks =
| subdivision      =
}}
 
The '''joanusauroidae''' or '''joanusaurids''' (meaning "Joanus' lizards") was a superfamily or clade of {{wpl|Theropod|theropod}} {{wpl|Dinosaur|dinosaurs}}. The joanusaurids are thought to have been among the {{wpl|Apex predator|apex predators}} that were active on the supercontinent [[Sarpolevantia]] from the {{wpl|Middle Jurassic}} to the {{wpl|Late Cretaceous}} periods {{circa}} 175-65 million years ago. Paleontologists agree that ''[[Projoanusaurus]]'' (literally "before ''[[Joanusaurus]]''") is the earliest known joanusauroid, though some suspect earlier more basal joanusauroids may have existed but are yet to be discovered from the sparse {{wpl|Middle Jurassic}} sediments of eastern [[Sarpedon]] and southern [[Levantia]]. True joanusaurids (joanusauridae) split off from the clade [[Sarponychid|sarponychidae]] at some point during the {{wpl|Late Jurassic}}, at which time the two families diversified immensely. The {{wpl|Most recent common ancestor|most recent common ancestor}} of joanusauridae and [[Sarponychid|sarponychidae]] is thought to have been ''[[Magnalophosaurus]]''. The last known living member of the joanusaurids was ''[[Levaretyrannus]]'' whose fossilized remains have been found in central and western [[Levantia]] in sediments dating to the {{wpl|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event}} {{circa}} 65.5 million years ago, during which more than 75% of all species died out including all non-avian dinosaurs.
The '''joanusauroidae''' or '''joanusaurids''' (meaning "Joanus' lizards") was a superfamily or clade of {{wpl|Theropod|theropod}} {{wpl|Dinosaur|dinosaurs}}. The joanusaurids are thought to have been among the {{wpl|Apex predator|apex predators}} that were active on the supercontinent [[Sarpolevantia]] from the {{wpl|Middle Jurassic}} to the {{wpl|Late Cretaceous}} periods {{circa}} 175-65 million years ago. Paleontologists agree that ''[[Projoanusaurus]]'' (literally "before ''[[Joanusaurus]]''") is the earliest known joanusauroid, though some suspect earlier more basal joanusauroids may have existed but are yet to be discovered from the sparse {{wpl|Middle Jurassic}} sediments of eastern [[Sarpedon]] and southern [[Levantia]]. True joanusaurids (joanusauridae) split off from the clade [[Sarponychid|sarponychidae]] at some point during the {{wpl|Late Jurassic}}, at which time the two families diversified immensely. The {{wpl|Most recent common ancestor|most recent common ancestor}} of joanusauridae and [[Sarponychid|sarponychidae]] is thought to have been ''[[Magnalophosaurus]]''. The last known living member of the joanusaurids was ''[[Levaretyrannus]]'' whose fossilized remains have been found in central and western [[Levantia]] in sediments dating to the {{wpl|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event}} {{circa}} 65.5 million years ago, during which more than 75% of all species died out including all non-avian dinosaurs.


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                   |1=''[[Vollardisaurus]]''[[File:Acrocanthosaurus_BW.jpg|120px]]
                   |1=''[[Vollardisaurus]]''[[File:Acrocanthosaurus_BW.jpg|120px]]
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                     |1=''[[Sentinellasaurus]]''[[File:Neovenator.png|120px]]
                     |1=''[[Sentinellasaurus]]''[[File:Neovenator.png|120px]]
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==See also==
==See also==
*''[[Joanusaurus]]''
*''[[Joanusaurus]]''
*''[[Vollardisaurus]]''
*[[Paleontology in Yonderre]]
*[[Paleontology in Yonderre]]
*[[Phillipe d'Everard (paleontologist)|Phillipe d'Everard]]
*[[Phillipe d'Everard (paleontologist)|Phillipe d'Everard]]
*[[History of Paleontology]]
*[[History of Paleontology]]


[[Category:Joansaurid]]
[[Category:Joanusaurid]]
[[Category:Paleontology]]
[[Category:Paleontology]]
[[Category:Greater Levantine Formation]]
[[Category:Greater Levantine Formation]]
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