English > Theropoda: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous. |
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| Synonym | suborder Theropoda |
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| Member of | Sauropodomorpha, suborder Sauropodomorpha | gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads |
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| Members | Carnosaura, suborder Carnosaura | largest carnivorous land animals ever known |
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| Maniraptora, suborder Maniraptora | Advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds |
| Megalosauridae, family Megalosauridae | megalosaurs |
| Ornithomimida, suborder Ornithomimida | lightly built medium-size theropods |
| genus Compsognathus | A reptile genus of Theropoda |
| genus Eoraptor | Primitive theropod found in Argentina |
| genus Herrerasaurus | Primitive theropod found in Argentina |
| suborder Ceratosaura | Primitive saurischian dinosaurs |
| theropod, theropod dinosaur, bird-footed dinosaur | Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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| Spanish | terópodos |
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| Catalan | Teròpode, teròpodes, Theropoda |
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