Bicentenaria

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]

Bicentenaria
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 90 Ma
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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
Binomial name
†Bicentenaria argentina
Novas et al., 2012
Restoration

References
  1. "New species of dinosaur related to giant Tyrannosaurus." itv news, 26 June 2012. Accessed online 27 June 2012
  2. 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." Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nueva serie, 14: 57–81.
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