Theropod Introduction

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Chapters: Poekilopleuron, Eodromaeus, Sarcosaurus, Rapator, Tarascosaurus, Bistahieversor, Kayentavenator, Elaphrosaurus, Conchoraptor, Thecocoelurus, Genusaurus, Teinurosaurus, Liliensternus, Linhenykus, Xiongguanlong, Aristosuchus, Sinovenator, Elmisaurus, Erlikosaurus, Coeluridae, Chuandongocoelurus, Sinraptoridae, Kelmayisaurus, Indosuchus, Szechuanosaurus, Nomingia, Santanaraptor, Thecospondylus, Laevisuchus, Kakuru, Euronychodon, Caenagnathasia, Heyuannia, Yixianosaurus, Piatnitzkysaurus, Siamosaurus, Becklespinax, Gojirasaurus, Haplocheirus, Indosaurus, Archaeornithomimus, Tugulusaurus, Xuanhanosaurus, Khaan, Kryptops, Ingenia, Nemegtomaia, Nqwebasaurus, Kinnareemimus, Oxalaia, Kemkemia, Carnotaurinae, Fukuiraptor, Pneumatoraptor, Kol, Beishanlong, Ilokelesia, Segnosaurus, Sinosaurus, Sphingopus, Jubbulpuria, Sinornithoides, Alvarezsaurus, Paronychodon, Noasaurus, Marshosaurus, Eocarcharia, Sinusonasus, Dromaeosauroides, Ozraptor, Wakinosaurus, Achillesaurus, Coelophysidae, Suchosaurus, Wellnhoferia, Aviatyrannis, Albinykus, Aucasaurus, Labocania, Austrocheirus, Siamotyrannus, Suzhousaurus, Ekrixinatosaurus, Cristatusaurus, Zuolong, Nanshiungosaurus, Xixianykus, Pterospondylus, Shixinggia, Dryptosauroides, Yandangornis, Shanag, Aniksosaurus, Tsaagan, Nedcolbertia, Rahiolisaurus, Kileskus, Asiamericana, Condorraptor, Allosauridae, Abelisaur, Pamparaptor, Patagonykus, Halticosaurus, Futabasaurus, Capitalsaurus, Koparion, Deinonychosauria, Das Monster von Minden, Ligabueino, Shidaisaurus, Yaverlandia, Dubreuillosaurus, Embasaurus, Kuszholia, Shanyangosaurus, Xinjiangovenator, Luanchuanraptor, Diplotomodon, Pycnonemosaurus, Itemirus, Bagaraatan, Noasauridae, Prodeinodon, Lukousaurus, Camposaurus, Sanchusaurus, Spinostropheus, Sinopliosaurus, Comanchesaurus, Dolichosuchus, Chingkankousaurus, Luoyanggia, Erliansaurus, Enigmosaurus, Kaijiangosaurus, Koreanosaurus, Newtonsaurus, Neimongosaurus, Borogovia, Tochisaurus, Orcomimus, Coeluroides, Dandakosaurus, Brontoraptor, Ornithomimoides, Velocipes, Compsosuchus, Calamospondylus, Liassaurus, Ngexisaurus, Madsenius, Merosaurus, Mifunesaurus, Altispinax, Katsuyamasaurus, Szechuanoraptor, Tonouchisaurus, Tsuchikurasaurus, Bayosaurus, Beelemodon, Wyomingraptor, Kagasaurus, Airakoraptor. Excerpt: Poekilopleuron (meaning 'varied ribs') is an extinct genus of large basal tetanuran theropod dinosaur, perhaps belonging to the clade Allosauroidea. It measured 9 metres (30 feet) long and 1 ton (1 tonne) in mass. It dates from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic), 168 to 165 million years ago. Neural arch and spinePoekilopleuron is known from a partial skeleton discovered by Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps in July 1835 near La Maladrerie in Normandy, France, in a layer of the Calcaire de Caen Formation. This skeleton, part of the collection of the Musée de la Facultée des Sciences de Caen, was in 1944 destroyed during the Battle of Caen in World War II, and the taxon has since had to be studied on the basis of cast replicas. One set is present in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris with inventory number MNHN 1897-2, a second in the Yale Peabody Museum, YPM 4938. The remains consisted of caudal vertebrae, cervical ribs, ribs, gastralia or belly ribs, a forelimb and a hindlimb. Eudes-Deslongchamps named the type species Poekilopleuron bucklandii in 1837 or 1838. The generic name is derived from Greek poikilos, "varied", and pleuron, "rib", a reference to the thre...