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theropod dinosaur - any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs

bird-footed dinosaur, theropod

saurischian, saurischian dinosaur - herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile

suborder Theropoda, Theropoda - carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous

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

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Constraint-based exclusion of limb poses for reconstructing theropod dinosaur locomotion.

Are Cursorial Birds Good Kinematic Models of Non-Avian Theropods?/? Son los Pajaros Corredores Buenos Modelos Cinematicos de Teropodos No Aviares?

| 2013: A Theropod dinosaur, dating from 161 million years ago was discovered in China.

On this day

A fossilised skeleton of a theropod dinosaur - a distant cousin of tyrannosaurus rex was discovered on a beach at Lavernock, near Penarth

Meet T-Rex's Welsh cousin - found on beach near Penarth

2013: A Theropod dinosaur, dating from 161 |million years ago was discovered in China.

ON THIS DAY

Until recently, Alioramus was among the most intriguing, yet poorly-understood large theropod dinosaur genera.

The evolution of large-bodied theropod dinosaurs during the Mesozoic in Asia/ La evolucion de los grandes dinosaurios teropodos durante el Mesozoico de Asia

They concluded it must have been a two-legged theropod dinosaur, such as tyrannosaurus rex or velociraptor.

Dinosaurs 'were able to swim'

And the fossil, found in limestone in Bavaria, Germany, had a head similar to a theropod dinosaur with toothed jaws.

NOT A PRETTY POLLY

"Birds are a kind of theropod dinosaur, two-legged meat-eating dinosaurs," says paleontologist Mark Norell at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City.

Fossil feud

On a new specimen of the Lower Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Deinonychus antirrhopus.

Locomotor modules and the evolution of avian flight

They started with a high-resolution cast of the five-foot-long skull plus neck of the 150-million-year-old predatory theropod dinosaur Allosaurus, one of the best known dinosaurs.

T. rex cousin fed more like falcon than crocodile