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what is a dinosaur?

archosaurs
Dinosaur
names
Dinosaur names are built
protodinosaurs prosauropods Greek words, with some
up from parts of mainly
Latin. The word “dinosaur”
itself comes from the Greek
deinos, meaning “terrible,”
and sauros meaning “lizard”
or “reptile.” So it means
“terrible reptile.” More of
these words are listed below,
with their meanings.

Acro top
Allo strange
Alti high
Brachio arm
Brachy short
Bronto thunder
Cera horned
Cheirus hand
Coelo hollow
Compso pretty
Corytho helmet
Derm
skin
Di
camarasaurids archaeopteryx Diplo double
two
Docus
beam
Echino
spiny
Elaphro
light
brachiosaurids Hetero different
Hypsi
high
Lepto
slender
Lopho
ridge, crest
Mega
huge
carnosaurs Micro small
Odon(t)
tooth
Ophthalmo
eye
Pachy
Physis thick
body
Plateo flat
Pod, pus, pes foot
Poly many
Ptero winged
miscellaneous sauropods tyrannosaurids therizinosaurids dromaeosaurs saurornithoidids miscellaneous theropods ornithomimosaurs coelurosaurs Rhino nose
Quadri
four
Raptor
thief
Salto
jumping
Saurus
lizard, reptile
diplodocids
Stego
roofed
oviraptors
Thero
beast
Tops
Tri
three
Tyranno head, face
tyrant
Veloci fast
ornithopods theropods
saurischia (lizard-hipped)
theropods .
modern birds These meat-eating dinosaurs were among gasosaurus
the most successful of the saurischian
dinosaurs. Birds probably evolved
from small theropods, and if so, then birds
are the only living decendants of the dinosaurs.
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