Bicentenaria
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Bicentenaria Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Holotype skull elements | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | Coelurosauria |
Genus: | †Bicentenaria Novas et al., 2012 |
Species: | †B. argentina
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Binomial name | |
†Bicentenaria argentina Novas et al., 2012
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Bicentenaria (meaning "two hundred year anniversary"; named after the 200th anniversary of the 1810 May Revolution in Argentina) is a genus of carnivorous coelurosaurian theropods which lived during the early Late Cretaceous (about 90 million years ago) in what is now Argentina. It contains the type species, Bicentenaria argentina. Estimates suggest that it was 2.5 to 3 metres (8 to 10 ft) in length. This name was first reported in news articles in June 2012,[1] and the paper describing it was formally published in August 2012. [2]
References[]
- ^ "New species of dinosaur related to giant Tyrannosaurus." itv news, 26 June 2012. Accessed online 27 June 2012
- ^ Novas, F.E., Ezcurra, M.D., Agnolín, F.L., Pol, D. and Ortíz, R. (2012). "New Patagonian Cretaceous theropod sheds light about the early radiation of Coelurosauria[permanent dead link]." Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nueva serie, 14: 57–81.
Categories:
- Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of South America
- Prehistoric coelurosaurs
- Fossil taxa described in 2012
- Taxa named by Fernando Novas
- Candeleros Formation