theropod
Two-legged predatory dinosaur
A theropod is a member of a group of dinosaurs that walked on two legs and included most of the large carnivores—Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptor, and their kin.
Birds evolved from small feathered theropods and are technically theropods themselves, making the group not entirely extinct.
The name means "beast foot."
Fast predatory dinosaur genus
- GiganotosaurusLarge Argentine carnivorous dinosaur
- SpinosaurusSail-spined Cretaceous theropod
- DilophosaurusDouble-crested Jurassic theropod
- bipedalHaving two feet
saurischian · archosaur · Cretaceous · Jurassic · Triassic · extinct · reptile · prehistoric
Having two feet
- wishboneForked poultry bone
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- three-toedHaving three digits
lightweight · warm-blooded · endothermic · plumage · integument · crest · sail · horns
Creature eating only animals
- hunterPursuer of prey
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- clawsAnimal gripping nails
teeth · jaws · ambush · stalker · prey · scavenger · pursuit · talons
Study of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- skullHead's bone casing
- specimenIndividual for examination
sediment · petrification · coprolite · footprint · trackway · articulated · reconstruction · museum
Velociraptor
Fast predatory dinosaur genus
- GiganotosaurusLarge Argentine carnivorous dinosaur
- SpinosaurusSail-spined Cretaceous theropod
- DilophosaurusDouble-crested Jurassic theropod
bipedal · saurischian · archosaur · Cretaceous · Jurassic · Triassic · extinct · reptile · prehistoric · Mesozoic
bipedal
Having two feet
three-toed · lightweight · warm-blooded · endothermic · plumage · integument · crest · sail · horns
carnivore
Creature eating only animals
claws · teeth · jaws · ambush · stalker · prey · scavenger · pursuit · talons · serrated
paleontology
Study of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- skullHead's bone casing
specimen · sediment · petrification · coprolite · footprint · trackway · articulated · reconstruction · museum · formation
bird
Feathered flying vertebrate
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- ArchaeopteryxPrehistoric transitional flying creature
feathered · wings · descent · ancestor · brooding · nesting · perching · crow · sparrow · eagle
- bipedshuman, kangaroo, ostrich, emu, penguin
- dinosaursdinosaurs, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, raptors, Spinosaurus
- Prehistoric Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, T-Rex, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus
- prehistoric lifedinosaur, dinosaurs, triceratops, Velociraptor, velociraptor
- Prehistoric Reptilesdinosaur, T-Rex, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, Spinosaurus
- two-legged creatureshuman, bird, ostrich, emu, chicken
theropodsauropod
Large long-necked dinosaur
ceratopsian · hadrosaur · ankylosaur · stegosaur · titanosaur