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Tetanurae vs Tetanuran - What's the difference?

tetanurae | tetanuran |

As a proper noun tetanurae

is .

As a noun tetanuran is

any theropod dinosaur of the clade tetanurae, all theropods that are more closely related to modern birds than to the genus (taxlink).

As an adjective tetanuran is

of or pertaining to the dinosaurs of the clade tetanurae.

tetanurae

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Tetanurae has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'tetanurae':

tetanuran

tetanuran

English

(wikipedia tetanuran) (Tetanurae)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any theropod dinosaur of the clade Tetanurae, all theropods that are more closely related to modern birds than to the genus (taxlink).
  • *{{quote-journal, 1999, date=June 25, Paul C. Sereno, The Evolution of Dinosaurs, Science citation
    • , passage=The oldest tetanuran , the crested allosauroid Cryolophosaurus , was discovered in Lower Jurassic rocks on Antarctica and is quite similar to allosauroids from Upper Jurassic rocks on several continents. }}

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the dinosaurs of the clade Tetanurae.
  • *{{quote-journal, 1998, date=May 15, Scott D. Sampson et al., Predatory Dinosaur Remains from Madagascar: Implications for the Cretaceous Biogeography of Gondwana, Science citation
    • , passage=During Late Cretaceous times, the top predators in most Laurasian terrestrial ecosystems were the large-bodied tyrannosaurids, which suggests that this tetanuran clade may have originated after the split between Laurasia and Gondwana. }}