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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Theropoda, suborder Theropodanoun

    carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous

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  1. Theropoda

    Theropoda (; from Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon) 'wild beast', and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós) 'foot'), whose members are known as theropods, is a dinosaur clade that is characterized by hollow bones and three toes and claws on each limb. Theropods are generally classed as a group of saurischian dinosaurs. They were ancestrally carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved to become herbivores and omnivores. Theropods first appeared during the Carnian age of the late Triassic period 231.4 million years ago (Ma) and included all the large terrestrial carnivores from the Early Jurassic until at least the close of the Cretaceous, about 66 Ma. In the Jurassic, birds evolved from small specialized coelurosaurian theropods, and are today represented by about 10,500 living species.

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  1. theropoda

    Theropoda is a group or suborder of bipedal saurischian dinosaurs that includes all the flesh-eating dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor. These creatures typically had large, strong hind limbs, short forelimbs, and sharp teeth. Some species in this group also evolved to have feathers and are believed to be the direct ancestors of modern birds.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Theropoda

    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

Wikidata

  1. Theropoda

    Theropoda is both a suborder of bipedal saurischian dinosaurs, and a clade consisting of that suborder and its descendants. Dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda were primarily carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved herbivory, omnivory, and insectivory. Theropods first appeared during the Carnian age of the late Triassic period about 230 million years ago and included the sole large terrestrial carnivores from the Early Jurassic until at least the close of the Cretaceous, about 65 Ma. In the Jurassic, birds evolved from small specialized coelurosaurian theropods, and are today represented by 9,900 living species. Among the features linking theropod dinosaurs to birds are a furcula, air-filled bones, brooding of the eggs, and feathers.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of theropoda in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of theropoda in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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