allosauroid

English

Etymology

From the clade name Allosauroidea, first proposed by Currie & Zhao in 1993.

Noun

allosauroid (plural allosauroids)

(paleontology) Any member of a superfamily clade of dinosaurs including the sinoraptorids, carcharodontosaurids and allosaurids.

Hypernyms

carnosaur
- theropod
  - saurischian
    - dinosaur

Further reading

Allosauroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Allosauroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Allosauoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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