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Aoniraptor

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Dinosauria

Clade
  
†Megaraptora

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Saurischia

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
Theropoda

Species
  
†A. libertatem

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Taurovenator, Megaraptora, Gualicho, Shidaisaurus, Murusraptor

Aoniraptor is a megaraptoran theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. It was recovered by Matias Motta from the Violante Farm, part of the Huincul Formation. It was discovered in 2010, but only formally described in 2016. Aoniraptor may be synonymous with the newly described theropod Gualicho (also known from Huincul), due to the similarities of their caudal vertebrae.

Etymology

Aoniraptor comes from the Tehuelche language word "Aoni", which means south, and the Latin word "raptor", meaning thief. The species name, libertatem, comes from the Latin word for freedom, as it was discovered on the bicentennial of Argentina's independence from Spain in 1810.

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Aoniraptor Wikipedia