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Thyreophorans | Sauropods | Theropods | Ornithopods | Marginocephalians
Theropod Dinosaurs
Meet the meat eaters, the theropod (THAIR-uh-pod) dinosaurs. They include the dinosaurs that are birds’ closest relatives. Though some extinct theropods may have eaten fruits and seeds as birds do today, theropods are the only meat-eating dinosaur group.
In size, theropods ranged anywhere from tremendous to tiny, from the forty-foot-long, seven-ton Tyrannosaurus rex to the two-inch long, half-ounce hummingbirds that live today.
The word “theropod” comes from the Greek ther (“beast”) and poda (“foot”). Take a look at the claws on some of these theropods!
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