Definition of Theropoda

1. Noun. Carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous.


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

1. 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 repacious genera Megalosaurus, Creosaurus, and their allies. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A beast +, foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Theropoda

thermotypy
thermovoltaic
therms
thermus
thermus thermophilus
thernadite
therof
theroid
therology
theromorpha
therophyte
therophytes
theropithecus
theropod
theropod dinosaur
theropoda (current term)
theropodan
theropods
thers
thersitical
thesaural
thesauri
thesaurismosis
thesaurismotic
thesaurosis
thesaurus
thesauruses
thesaurusi
these
these days

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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