theropod dinosaur

Noun
  1. Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs (synset 101714649)
    is a type of: saurischian, saurischian dinosaur - herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile
    subtypes:
    • ceratosaur, ceratosaurus - 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
    • carnosaur - large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws
    • tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex - large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
    • allosaur, allosaurus - late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus
    • compsognathus - very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
    • herrerasaur, herrerasaurus - a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina
    • eoraptor - a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor
    • megalosaur, megalosaurus - gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe
    • ornithomimid - lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes
    • maniraptor - advanced carnivorous theropod
    belongs to: suborder theropoda, theropoda - carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous
    same as: bird-footed dinosaur, theropod

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