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tetanurans

tetanurans is the plural of tetanuran.

Meaning of tetanuran

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.
    • 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.1999 June 25, Paul C. Sereno, “The Evolution of Dinosaurs”, in Science, volume 284, number 5423, →DOI, pages 2137–2147

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Questions about tetanurans

What is tetanurans the plural of?
Tetanurans is the plural of tetanuran.

Words near tetanurans in the dictionary

  1. tetanospasm
  2. tetanospasmin
  3. tetanospasmins
  4. tetanospasms
  5. tetanuran
  6. tetanurans
  7. tetanus
  8. tetanuses
  9. tetany
  10. tetarimycin
  11. tetartemoria

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