Theropoda

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “beast, fantastic animal”) +‎ -poda. Coined by American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in 1881. === Pronunciation === English: (UK) IPA(key): /θɛɹəˈpəʊdə/, /θɛ- ~ θɪə-/ English: (US) IPA(key): /θɛɹəˈpoʊdə/, /θɛ- ~ θɪə-/, /-oʊdə ~ -ɑdə/ === 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 ==== Descendants ==== → English: theropod → Greek: θηριόποδα (thiriópoda) (calque) === References === Theropoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Theropoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Theropoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “Theropoda”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026