dromaeosaur
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dromaeosaur — ▪ dinosaur any of a group of small to medium sized carnivorous dinosaurs that flourished in Asia and North America during the Cretaceous Period (146 million to 66 million years ago). Agile, lightly built, and fast running, these theropods… … Universalium
dromaeosaur — [ drəʊmɪə(ʊ)sɔ:] noun a carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of a group including deinonychus and the velociraptors. Derivatives dromaeosaurid noun Origin 1970s: from mod. L. Dromaeosauridae (name of a family), based on Gk dromaios swift running + sauros … English new terms dictionary
dromaeosaur — /drəˈmiəsɔ/ (say druh meeuhsaw) noun any of various cretaceous dinosaurs of the family Dromaeosauridae, small, fast, bipedal hunters closely related to birds. See raptor. Also, dromaeosaurid, dromaeosaurus. {New Latin Dromaeosaurus, from Greek… …
dromaeosaur — noun a kind of maniraptor • Hypernyms: ↑maniraptor • Member Holonyms: ↑Dromaeosauridae, ↑family Dromaeosauridae … Useful english dictionary
Dromaeosauridae — Deuterostomia Dromaeosaurids Temporal range: Middle Jurassic – Late Cretaceous, 164–65.5 Ma … Wikipedia
dinosaur — /duy neuh sawr /, n. 1. any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals. 2. something that is… … Universalium
Ornithodesmus — Chordata Ornithodesmus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 125 Ma … Wikipedia
Archaeoraptor — is the generic name informally assigned in 1999 to a fossil from China in an article published in National Geographic magazine. The magazine claimed that the fossil was a missing link between birds and terrestrial theropod dinosaurs. Even prior… … Wikipedia
Microraptor — Vertebrata Microraptor Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 120 Ma … Wikipedia
Bird evolution — The evolution of birds is thought to have begun in the Jurassic Period, with the earliest birds derived from theropod dinosaurs. Birds are categorized as a biological class, Aves. The earliest known species of class Aves is Archaeopteryx… … Wikipedia
