Theropoda

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “beast, fantastic animal”) + πούς (poús, “foot/feet”)

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /θiɹ.əˈpɑː.da/

Proper noun

Theropoda

A taxonomic suborder within the order Saurischia – a group of bipedal dinosaurs, the theropods, ancestral to birds.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Archosauromorpha - infraclass; Archosauria - division; Ornithodira - subsection; Dinosauria - superorder; Saurischia - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Neotheropoda (†Liliensternus, †Tachiraptor, †Zupaysaurus, †Shuangbaisaurus - genera in Neotheropoda); †Coelophysoidea - subfamily in Neotheropoda; †Dilophosauridae - family in Neotheropoda; Averostra - clade; †Ceratosauria, Tetanurae - infraorders; †Daemonosaurus, †Eodromaeus - genera in Theropoda

References

Theropoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Theropoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Theropoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Theropoda at Fossilworks

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