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What is Metriacanthosauridae?

Pronunciation: met-REE-uh-KAN-tho-SOR-uh-day
Author: Greg S. Paul
Year: 1988
Meaning: Moderately spined lizards (see etymology)
Locomotion: Bipedal (two legs)
Synonyms: Sinraptoridae (Currie and Zhao, 1993)
Definition
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Etymology
Metriacanthosauridae is derived from the Greek "metrikos" (moderate), "akantha" (spine), "sauros" (lizard) and "-idae" (family). Named for the type specimen, Metriacanthosaurus.
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References
• Paul GS (1988) "Predatory Dinosaurs of the World". Simon & Schuster, New York, 464 pp.
• Currie P J and Zhao X-J (1994) "A new carnosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Jurassic of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11): 2037-2081.
• Carrano MT, Benson RBJ and Sampson SD (2012) "The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 10(2): 211-300. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.630927
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