Pronunciation: CAR-no-SOR-ree-uh
Author: von Huene
Year: 1920
Meaning: Meat-eating lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
Author: von Huene
Year: 1920
Meaning: Meat-eating lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Holtz and Padian, 1995]Definition
All tetanurans closer to Allosaurus than to birds.
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Etymology
Carnosauria is derived from the Latin "carnis" (flesh), and the Greek "sauros" (lizard) and "-ia" (neuter plural), named for a group of heavy meat-eating dinosaurs.
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References
• F. v. Huene. 1920) "Bemerkungen zur Systematik und Stammesgeschichte einiger Reptilien" [Remarks on the systematics and phylogeny of some reptiles]. Zeitschrift für Induktive Abstammungs und Vererbungslehre, 22: 209-212.
• Kurzanov SM (1989) "The origin and evolution of the dinosaur infraorder Carnosauria".
• Holtz TR Jr and Padian K (1995) "De?nition and diagnosis of Theropoda and related taxa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(3, Suppl.): 35A.
