Theropoda
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Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “beast, fantastic animal”) + πούς (poús, “foot/feet”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Theropoda
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Saurischia – a group of bipedal dinosaurs, 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 
Category:Theropoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Theropoda at Paleobiology Database
