Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs

Usage examples of theropod.

Triassic and Early Jurassic herrerasaurs and ceratosaurs were replaced by carnosaurian allosaurids and different small coelurosaurian theropods.

Theropod skeletons, like the Deinonychus, were rare enough to be noteworthy, but fully-articulated skeletons—skeletons that had remained pretty much connected as they had been in life—were vanishingly rare.

Theropod skeletons, like the Deinonychus , were rare enough to be noteworthy, but fully-articulated skeletons—skeletons that had remained pretty much connected as they had been in life—were vanishingly rare.

After discussion with Matt, they concluded the bone had belonged to a theropod, a carnivorous dinosaur, and with the help of Yousry Attia, Jean Caton, and Allison Tumarkin, they began excavating the site.

On the far end of the living room, the stegosaur pair, Zack and Kip, were playing with Jean-Claude and Pierrot, the theropod tyrannosaurs, a game using checker pieces whipped across the floor with their tails, like hockey pucks.

They had to kill a dozen big theropods attracted by the stench, so they had them lying around and rotting, too.

A few smaller dinosaurs—two-legged theropods, he thought, though he saw none of them clearly—bobbed out of the tall grass and chased or nipped at avisaurs who had settled on the carcass.