Everything I've ever read about carnivorous dinosaurs has been about theropods (carnosaurs, coelurosaurs etc. etc.).
Were there ever any non-theropod carnivorous dinosaur genera?
(specifically excluding non-dinosaur extinct carnivorous reptiles such as mosasaurs, dimetrodon etc etc).
2006-10-29 00:18:40 · 1 answers · asked by the last ninja 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
How about Staurikosaurus or Archaeopteryx?
They are both transitional types of dinosaurs, not true theropods.
Staurikosaurus was a tiny, primitive, omnivorous dinosaur that lived about 230 million years ago. It is sometimes classified as a theropod, but this classification is debated. It may have branched off at about the same time that sauropods and theropods branched off from each other.
Archaeopteryx is a transitional species, thought to be the ancestor of birds. Among other things, it has an opposable big toe, not found in other theropods.
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2006-10-29 06:29:35 · answer #1 · answered by Susie 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋