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Meaning of tetanuran | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any theropod of the clade Tetanurae, all theropods, including birds, that are more closely related to modern birds than to the genus †Ceratosaurus.

Equivalents

Español tetanuro

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Tetanus tetany tetarimycin tetartemorion tetartohedrism tetartohedry