Theropoda

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Hypernyms

animal order

Phrases with the word

suborder theropoda

Examples

Anatomy and systematics of the Confuciusornithidae (Theropoda, Aves) from the late Mesozoic of northeastern China. Source: Internet

"A new look at the phylogeny of Coelurosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda)." Source: Internet