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Definition of Ceratosaur
1. Noun. Primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America.
Generic synonyms: Bird-footed Dinosaur, Theropod, Theropod Dinosaur
Group relationships: Suborder Ceratosaura
Specialized synonyms: Coelophysis
Definition of Ceratosaur
1. Noun. (zoology) Any of many dinosaurs of the infraorder ''Ceratosauria'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratosaur
Literary usage of Ceratosaur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1905)
"The knob-nosed ceratosaur (ceratosaurus nasicornis) seems to have been a long-tailed
kangaroo-like lizard, some seventeen or eighteen feet in length. ..."
2. The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton (1921)
"... with the powerful hind limbs on which the animal stalked about. Note the sharp
claws and ponderous tail. The ceratosaur was fifteen feet long, ..."
3. Proceedings by Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1893)
"... at Stonesfield, in Oxfordshire, in 1824. It was smaller than the iguanodon,
but still a very large animal. One allied form, the ceratosaur ..."
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