Theropoda

Theropoda (theropod /ˈθɛrəpɒd/; suborder name Theropoda /θᵻˈrɒpoʊdə/, frae Greek meanin "beast feet") is baith a suborder o bipedal saurischian dinosaurs, an a clade consistin o that suborder an its descendants (includin modren birds). Dinosaurs belangin tae the suborder Theropoda wur primarily carnivorous, altho a nummer o theropod groups evolved herbivory, omnivory, an insectivory. Theropods first appeared durin the Carnian age o the late Triassic period aboot 230 million years ago (Ma) an includit the sole muckle terrestrial carnivores frae the Early Jurassic till at least the close o the Cretaceous, aboot 66 Ma. In the Jurassic, birds evolved frae smaa specialized coelurosaurian theropods, an are the day representit bi 9,900 livin species.

Theropods Temporal range: Late Triassic – Present, 231.4–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Muntit skelet o Coelophysis bauri, Cleveland Museum o Naitural History
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Clade:	Eusaurischia
Clade:	Theropoda Marsh, 1881
Subgroups
†Daemonosaurus †Eodromaeus †Nhandumirim? Neotheropoda †Liliensternus †Tachiraptor †Zupaysaurus †Shuangbaisaurus †Coelophysoidea †Dilophosauridae Averostra †Ceratosauria Tetanurae

Amang the featurs linkin theropod dinosaurs tae birds are a furcula (wishbone), air-filled bones, broodin o the eggs, an (in coelurosaurs, at least) feathers.