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- proper noun A taxonomic
suborder within theorder Saurischia — a group ofbipedal dinosaurs , thetheropods .
Etymologies
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Theropoda is the group name for the predatory dinosaurs (including birds), and Coelurosauria is a major theropod group that includes birds and all the bird-like theropods (including tyrannosauroids).
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Shaochilong (Theropoda; Carcharodontosauridae) 32.
2009 in Dinosaur Paleontology (better late than never). greygirlbeast 2010
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Shaochilong (Theropoda; Carcharodontosauridae) 32.
"Not much chance for survival if the Neon Bible is true." sovay 2010
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I answered an email yesterday from someone who's writing a book on Alabama paleontology and wanted more information on the velociraptorine dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) tooth from the Mooreville Chalk that I described back in May 2004 (well, actually, the paper was written in 2001, I think, but published in May 2004).
"Every little piece of your life..." sovay 2008
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Oh, and I also read "A ceratosaurid [Dinosauria; Theropoda] from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous of Uruguay" in JVP, but it really had no bearing on the novel.
He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards... greygirlbeast 2008
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I read "A new species of Velociraptor [Dinosauria; Theropoda] from the Upper Cretaceous of northern China" in the newest JVP.
a sickly moment of dark surprise greygirlbeast 2008
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Mainly, from the September 2008 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, "New information on Stokesosaurus, a tyrannosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from North America and the United Kingdom."
"When the world is a monster..." sovay 2008
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A diverse dinosaur assemblage, including members of Theropoda, Sauropoda, Iguanodontoidea, and Neoceratopsia, has since been discovered.
Neoceratopsian publications for 2008 ReBecca Foster 2009
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A new oviraptorosaur (Theropoda, Maniraptora) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Utah.
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Consequently they are better identified as Theropoda indet.
Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006
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