Theropod vs Tetanuran - What's the difference?
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Any large, bipedal dinosaur, of the suborder Theropoda , from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
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
, 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. }}
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
, 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. }}
As nouns the difference between theropod and tetanuran
is that theropod is any large, bipedal dinosaur, of the suborder Theropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods while tetanuran is any theropod dinosaur of the clade Tetanurae, all theropods that are more closely related to modern birds than to the genus genus: Ceratosaurus.As an adjective tetanuran is
of or pertaining to the dinosaurs of the clade Tetanurae.theropod
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