Genus
Valid Extinct

Bicentenaria

Novas et al. 2012

Bicentenaria is an extinct genus of carnivorous coelurosaurian theropods which lived during the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Candeleros Formation of Argentina. It contains the type species, B. argentina.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Bicentenaria
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Fig. 2. Selected cranial elements of Bicentenaria argentina nov. gen. et nov. sp. A, left lateral view of preserved caudal half of skull and jaws; B, right lateral view of preserved caudal half of skull and jaws; C, left quadrate and lower jaw in caudal view; D, fragmentary premaxillae with teeth in left lateral view; E, fragmentary left maxilla with tooth in lateral view. Abbreviations: an, angular; antf, antorbital fossa; art, articular; bs, basipterygoid process of basisphenoid; ch, notch for the chorda tympanica; gl, glenoid fossa; j, jugal; lc, lateral condyle of quadrate; lr, longitudinal ridge; ect, ectopterygoid; prar, right prearticular; pral, left prearticular; ptq, pterygoid ramus of quadrate; q, quadrate; qj, quadratojugal; sanl, left surangular; sanr, right surangular; rart, retroarticular process; t, tooth. Scale bars = 1 centimeter. © Novas, F.E., Ezcurra, M.D., Agnolín, F.L., Pol, D. and Ortíz, R. · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Bicentenaria Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Candeleros
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Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Bicentenaria argentina 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, and F. L. Agnolin, D. Pol, R. Ortíz. 2012. New Patagonian Cretaceous theropod sheds light about the early radiation of Coelurosauria. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 14(1):57-81 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, and F. L. Agnolin, D. Pol, R. Ortíz. 2012. New Patagonian Cretaceous theropod sheds light about the early radiation of Coelurosauria. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 14(1):57-81 DOI ↗