tetanuran

English

†Monolophosaurus, a tetanuran

Wikispecies

Etymology

Tetanurae +‎ -an

Noun

tetanuran (plural tetanurans)

1. Any theropod of the clade Tetanurae, all theropods, including birds, that are more closely related to modern birds than to the genus †Ceratosaurus.
   • 1999 June 25, Paul C. Sereno, “The Evolution of Dinosaurs”, in Science‎^[1], volume 284, number 5423, →DOI, pages 2137–2147:

     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.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: tetanuro m

Adjective

tetanuran (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the dinosaurs of the clade Tetanurae.
   • 1998 May 15, Scott D. Sampson et al., “Predatory Dinosaur Remains from Madagascar: Implications for the Cretaceous Biogeography of Gondwana”, in Science‎^[2], volume 280, number 5366, →DOI, pages 1048–1051:

     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.