Outline: a typical theropod
Bicentenaria
- Lived
- 113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Novas et al. 2012
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
110 million years ago
Field notes
About Bicentenaria
What it was like
Bicentenaria was a small coelurosaur, a two-legged meat eater. Bones from several animals were found together, which suggests they may have lived or died in a group.
Its world
It lived in the Cretaceous, in what is now Argentina. It comes from the Candeleros Formation, where it shared the land with the giant predator Giganotosaurus, the small feathered hunter Buitreraptor and the sauropod Limaysaurus.
How it was found
Novas and colleagues named Bicentenaria in 2012. The name marks a national anniversary.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Coelurosauria
Sources: WikidataNamed in: F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, and F. L. Agnolin, D. Pol, R. OrtÃz. 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