Theropoda

→ English: theropod

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→ Greek: θηριόποδα (thiriópoda) (calque)

Ancient Greek θήρ (thḗr, “beast, fantastic animal”) + πούς (poús, “foot/feet”)

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A taxonomic suborder within the order Saurischia – a group of bipedal dinosaurs, theropods, ancestral to birds.

Neotheropoda

†Liliensternus; †Tachiraptor, †Zupaysaurus, †Shuangbaisaurus - genera in Neotheropoda


Compsognathus

Coined from Ancient Greek κομψός (kompsós, “elegant, refined, or dainty”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”)

A taxonomic genus within the family †Compsognathidae – small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs, about the size of a turkey, which lived around 150 million years ago.


Procompsognathus

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) and New Latin Compsognathus, from Ancient Greek κομψος (kompsos, “elegant", "refined" or "dainty”) + γναθος (gnathos, “jaw”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Coelophysidae – small, bipedal, dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic Period, about 222 to 219 million years ago.


Coelurosauria

From New Latin Coelurosauria, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”) + -ia.

A taxonomic clade within the clade Avetheropoda – all animals closer to birds than to Allosaurus.


Proceratosauridae

A taxonomic family within the order Saurischia.


Spinosaurus

→ English: spinosaurus

From Latin spīna (“spine”) + -o- + -saurus (suffix forming genus names of dinosaurs).

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A taxonomic genus within the family †Spinosauridae – spinosaurs.


Therizinosaurus

From Ancient Greek θερίζω (therízō, “reap, cut”) + -saurus, in reference to its scythe-like claws.

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A taxonomic genus within the family †Therizinosauridae – currently contains a single species, †Therizinosaurus cheloniformis, a very large dinosaur, with a long neck and notable elongated fingers; it lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now the Nemegt Formation around 70 million years ago.


Tawa

Borrowed from Hopi Tawa (“Puebloan sun god”). See Tawa (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

A taxonomic genus within the clade Theropoda – a dinosaur from the Late Triassic, possibly a basal theropod.


Pendraig

From Welsh pen (“chief”) + draig (“dragon”).

A taxonomic genus within the superfamily †Coelophysoidea – a theropod dinosaur from the Late Triassic, 215–201 million years ago of South Wales.


Ulughbegsaurus

From Ulugh Beg (Timurid sultan; Chagatai [Term?]) + -saurus.

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Timurid sultan; Chagatai <small>[Term?]</small>

A taxonomic genus within the family †Carcharodontosauridae – a carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous.


Adasaurus

From ад (ad, “spirit in Mongolian mythology”) + + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the family †Dromaeosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.


Aviatyrannis

Possibly from Latin avia (“grandmother”) + Latin tyrannis (“tyrant”, genitive noun).

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A taxonomic genus within the clade Coelurosauria.


Yutyrannus

→ English: yutyrannus

→ French: Yutyrannus

→ German: Yutyrannus

Chinese 羽 (yǔ, “feather”) + Latin tyrannus (“tyrant”), from the fossils containing what seem to be feathers.

A taxonomic genus within the family Proceratosauridae – certain proceratosaurid theropods.


Pyroraptor

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→ Chinese: 火盜龍 /火盗龙 (huǒdàolóng) (calque)

→ English: pyroraptor

→ Japanese: ピロラプトル (piroraputoru)

→ Korean: 피로랍토르 (piroraptoreu)

→ Russian: пирора́птор (piroráptor)

pyro- (“fire”, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)) + Latin raptor (“thief”).

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from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πῦρ</i> (pûr)

A taxonomic genus within the family Dromaeosauridae – pyroraptors.


Sinovenator

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→ Chinese: 中國獵龍 /中国猎龙 (Zhōngguó lièlóng) (calque)

→ English: sinovenator

→ Japanese: シノヴェナトル (shinovenatoru)

→ Polish: sinowenator

синове́натор

→ Russian: синове́натор (sinovénator)

Sino- (“China; Chinese”) + Latin vēnātor (“hunter”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Troodontidae – the sinovenator.


Thanos

Named after Thanos, a Marvel Comics villain. The character was named after Ancient Greek Θᾰ́νᾰτος (Thắnătos), the Greek god of death. See more at Thanos#Creation on Wikipedia.

A taxonomic genus within the family †Abelisauridae – a carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived in Brazil during the Santonian stage of the late Cretaceous Period.


Paraves

From para- (“around; next to”) + Aves (“birds”).

A taxonomic clade within the clade Maniraptora – many bird-like theropods, including birds.


Jubbulpuria

From English Jubbulpore + -ia. Identified as a junior synonym of †Laevisuchus in 2024.

The Deccan Trap near Jabalpur is the richest dinosaur field in India […] There is, in fact, a small species of dinosaur named the Jubbulpuria tenuis […] This 1-2 m long carnivore lived in the Upper Cretaceous period, 70 million years ago.

2008, Swati Mitra, editor, Jabalpur, City Guide (in English), New Delhi, →ISBN, page 6:

A taxonomic genus within the family †Noasauridae – a small predatory dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Lameta Formation in India.


Piatnitzkysaurus

From English Piatnitzky (“surname”) + -saurus, named in honor of Alejandro Matveievich Piatnitzky (1879–1959), a Russian-born Argentine geologist.

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A taxonomic genus within the family †Piatnitzkysauridae – a moderately large theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 179 to 177 million years ago during the lower part of the Jurassic Period in what is now Argentina.


Gojirasaurus

From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira, “Godzilla”) + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the clade Theropoda – a theropod dinosaur from the Late Triassic of New Mexico.


Eustreptospondylus

→ English: eustreptospondylus

A taxonomic genus within the family †Megalosauridae – a theropod dinosaur that lived from the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 166–154 million years ago in southern England at a time when Europe was a series of scattered islands.


Mexidracon

From English Mexi(can) + Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “dragon”).

A taxonomic genus within the family †Ornithomimidae – a theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila, Mexico.


Raptorex

From Latin raptor (“robber”) + Latin rēx (“king”).

A taxonomic genus within the family †Tyrannosauridae – a theropod dinosaur known from one juvenile specimen probably uncovered in Mongolia, or possibly northeastern China.


Vallibonavenatrix

From English Vallibona (“town”) + Latin venatrix (“huntress”).

A taxonomic genus within the family †Spinosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Arcillas de Morella Formation of Castellón, Spain.


Spinosauridae

→ English: spinosaurid

A taxonomic family within the superfamily †Megalosauroidea – certain bipedal, carnivorous tetanuran theropods with elongated, crocodilian-like skulls.

†Datanglong?

(family): †Baryonychinae, †Spinosaurinae – subfamilies


Cristatusaurus

From Latin cristātus (“crested”) + -saurus.

A taxonomic genus within the family †Spinosauridae – a theropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now Niger, 112 million years ago.


Baryonychinae

→ English: baryonychine

A taxonomic subfamily within the family †Spinosauridae – all spinosaurids more closely related to †Baryonyx than to †Spinosaurus.


Protathlitis

Borrowed from Greek πρωταθλητής (protathlitís, “champion”).


Riojavenatrix

From English (La) Rioja (“autonomous community and province in Spain.”) + Latin vēnātrīx (“huntress”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family †Spinosauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Enciso Group of La Rioja, Spain.


Ceratosuchopsini

A taxonomic tribe within the family †Spinosauridae.


Tarascosaurus

A taxonomic genus within the family †Abelisauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of France, 80-70 million years ago.


Kryptops

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “covered”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”), in reference to evidence that the face bore a tightly adhering covering.

A taxonomic genus within the family †Abelisauridae – a theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Niger, 115–110 million years ago.


Wellnhoferia

From English Wellnhofer (“surname”) + -ia, named after Peter Wellnhofer, the person that described the type specimen of this genus (as a specimen of Archaeopteryx).

A taxonomic genus within the family †Archaeopterygidae – an early prehistoric bird-like theropod dinosaur from Germany, closely related to †Archaeopteryx.


Scansoriopterygidae

→ English: scansoriopterygid

A taxonomic family within the clade Theropoda – climbing and gliding maniraptoran dinosaurs that are among the smallest non-avian dinosaurs known.


Spinosaurinae

→ English: spinosaurine

A taxonomic subfamily within the family †Spinosauridae.


Sauroniops

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Chinese: → 索倫眼龍 /索伦眼龙 (Suǒlún yǎn lóng) (calque), → 索倫龍 /索伦龙 (Suǒlún lóng) (partial calque)

→ Japanese: サウロニオプス (sauroniopusu)

From Quenya Sauron (“Sauron”, The Lord of the Rings character) + -ops (“eye”), literally “Eye of Sauron”.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Carcharodontosauridae – certain theropods.