Theropoda

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Taxa: Neotheropoda
Genera incertae sedis: †Daemonosaurus – †Eodromaeus – †Tawa

Ichnogenera: †Magnoavipes
Name

Theropoda Marsh, 1881: 423

Etymology: "Beast foot" [Marsh, 1881: 423]
Classifications

Main page: Theropoda (classifications).

References
Primary references

Marsh, O.C. 1881. Principal Characters of American Jurassic Dinosaurs. Part V. The American Journal of Science. Series 3 21(125): 417–423. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P. & Osmólska, H. (eds.) 2004. The Dinosauria. 2nd edition. University of California Press: Berkeley, California. xviii + 862 pp. ISBN 9780520254084. Reference page.
Martinez, R.N., Sereno, P.C., Alcober, O.A., Colombi, C.E., Renne, P.R., Montañez, I.P., & Currie, B.S. 2011: A basal dinosaur from the dawn of the dinosaur era in southwestern Pangaea. Science, 331 (6014): 206–210. DOI: 10.1126/science.1198467
Nesbitt, S.J., Smith, N. D., Irmis, R. B., Turner, A. H.; Downs, A. & Norell, M. A. (2009), "A complete skeleton of a Late Triassic saurischian and the early evolution of dinosaurs" (PDF), Science, 326 (5959): 1530–1533, PMID: 20007898.
Porfiri, J.D., J.O. Calvo & D. dos Santos, 2011: A new small deinonychosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagônia, Argentina. Anais da Academia Brasileira Ciências 83 (1): 109–116. Abstract and full article:DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011000100007.
Holtz, T.R. (2012). Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2011 Appendix.

Links

Theropoda – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
ZooBank

Vernacular names
čeština: Theropoda
Deutsch: Theropoda
فارسی: جانورپایان
suomi: Teropodi
עברית: תרופודה
hrvatski: Teropodi
日本語: 獣脚類
lietuvių: Plėšrieji dinozaurai
македонски: Ѕвероноги
polski: Teropody
русский: Тероподы
svenska: Theropoder
українська: Тероподи
Tiếng Việt: Khủng long chân thú