saurischian

/sɔˈrɪskiən/

Other forms: saurischians

Definitions of saurischian

1. noun

   herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged pelvis like that of a crocodile
   synonyms: saurischian dinosaur

   types:

   sauropod, sauropod dinosaur

   very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal

   bird-footed dinosaur, theropod, theropod dinosaur

   any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs

   Apatosaurus excelsus, apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard

   huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic

   barosaur, barosaurus

   a dinosaur that could grow to be as tall as a building five stories tall

   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

   carnosaur

   large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having huge claws

   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

   allosaur, allosaurus

   late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus

   compsognathus

   very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria

   herrerasaur, herrerasaurus

   a kind of theropod dinosaur found in Argentina

   eoraptor

   a theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor

   megalosaur, megalosaurus

   gigantic carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous in Europe

   ornithomimid

   lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes

   maniraptor

   advanced carnivorous theropod

   type of:

   dinosaur

   any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era