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Definition of Theropoda
1. Noun. Carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Sauropodomorpha, Suborder Sauropodomorpha
Member holonyms: Bird-footed Dinosaur, Theropod, Theropod Dinosaur, Suborder Ceratosaura, Carnosaura, Suborder Carnosaura, Genus Compsognathus, Genus Herrerasaurus, Genus Eoraptor, Family Megalosauridae, Megalosauridae, Ornithomimida, Suborder Ornithomimida, Maniraptora, Suborder Maniraptora
Definition of Theropoda
1. n. pl. An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies.
Medical Definition of Theropoda
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Theropoda
Literary usage of Theropoda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural by Richard Lydekker (1888)
"Suborder theropoda. Premaxilla completely toothed; nares, when known (fig.
26) terminal, and a large preorbital vacuity ; quadrate elongated, and directed ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"Moreover the most bird-like foot is either that of one of the theropoda (which
are excluded by their pelvis) or of some of the latest Ornithopoda. ..."
3. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1898)
"distinct groups : the Sauropoda, theropoda and ... theropoda comprise bipedal
carnivorous forms of more slender constructions and hollow bones, ..."
4. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1919)
"... may-be referable to the theropoda. There are some ribs among those which
certainly do not agree in characters with the majority of ..."
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