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ceratosaur, ceratosaurus
primitive medium-sized theropod; swift-running bipedal carnivorous dinosaur having grasping hands with sharp claws and a short horn between the nostrils; Jurassic in North America
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carnosaur
large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws
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Tyrannosaurus rex, tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus
large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
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allosaur, allosaurus
late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus
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compsognathus
very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
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herrerasaur, herrerasaurus
a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina
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eoraptor
a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor
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megalosaur, megalosaurus
gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe
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ornithomimid
lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes
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maniraptor
advanced carnivorous theropod
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coelophysis
one of the oldest known dinosaurs; late Triassic; cannibalistic
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struthiomimus
small light-boned toothless dinosaur resembling an ostrich in size and proportions
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deinocheirus
lightly built medium-sized theropod with long limbs and neck
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oviraptorid
advanced carnivorous theropod
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velociraptor
small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs
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dromaeosaur
a kind of maniraptor
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deinonychus
swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous
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superslasher, utahraptor
large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous
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Mononychus olecranus
a turkey-sized long-legged fossil 75 million years old found in the Gobi Desert having bird-like fused wrist bones and keeled breastbone and a long tail resembling a dinosaur's; short forelimbs end in a single claw instead of wings; classification as bird or dinosaur is in dispute