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Definition of Theropod dinosaur
1. Noun. Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs.
Generic synonyms: Saurischian, Saurischian Dinosaur
Group relationships: Suborder Theropoda, Theropoda
Specialized synonyms: Ceratosaur, Ceratosaurus, Carnosaur, Tyrannosaur, Tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Allosaur, Allosaurus, Compsognathus, Herrerasaur, Herrerasaurus, Eoraptor, Megalosaur, Megalosaurus, Ornithomimid, Maniraptor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theropod Dinosaur
Literary usage of Theropod dinosaur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"The dinosaurs, which were the lords of the earth in late Mesozoic times, continue
to supply material for notable memoirs. A theropod dinosaur named ..."
2. The Evolution of the Earth and Its Inhabitants: A Series Delivered Before by Joseph Barrell, Charles Schuchert, Lorande Loss Woodruff, Richard Swann Lull, Ellsworth Huntington (1918)
"... but in no instance is the impressed hand that of a carnivorous or theropod
dinosaur, whose sharply curved grasping talons borne on the fore limbs would ..."
3. The Evolution of the Earth and Its Inhabitants: A Series Delivered Before by Joseph Barrell, Charles Schuchert, Lorande Loss Woodruff, Richard Swann Lull, Ellsworth Huntington (1918)
"... but in no instance is the impressed hand that of a carnivorous or theropod
dinosaur, whose sharply curved grasping talons borne on the fore limbs would ..."
4. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1911)
"S. National Museum) from the ferruginous conglomerate of Washington, DC, which
seems to represent a theropod dinosaur otherwise unrecognized in the Arundel ..."
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