--- title: Theropods url: https://noidinosauri.it/en/dinosaurs/saurischians/theropods --- ## Search result --- [× Clear](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca) - [Dinosaurs](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/prehistoric-animals/dinosaurs) - [Saurischians](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/dinosaurs/saurischians) - [Theropods](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/saurischians/theropods) - [Sauropodomorphs](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/saurischians/sauropodomorphs) - [Ornithischians](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/dinosaurs/ornithischians) - [Thyreophorans](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/ornithischians/thyreophorans) - [Marginocephalians - The Horned and Thick-headed](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/ornithischians/marginocephalians) - [Ornithopods](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/ornithischians/ornithopods) - [Pterosaurs/Flying Reptiles](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/prehistoric-animals/pterosaurs-flying-reptiles) - [Primitive Birds](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/prehistoric-animals/primitive-birds) - [Synapsids - The Ancestors of Mammals](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/prehistoric-animals/synapsids) - [Marine Reptiles](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/prehistoric-animals/marine-reptiles) - [Plesiosaurs and Pliosaurs](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/marine-reptiles/plesiosaurs-and-pliosaurs) - [Mosassauros](https://noidinosauri.it/en/ricerca/prehistoric-animals/marine-reptiles/mosassauros) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/afrovenator/afrovenator-late-jurassic.webp) ### Afrovenator The Aerodynamic Shadow of the Jurassic The sands of Niger yielded a fossil miracle. The almost enti… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=464:afrovenator&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/allosaurus/allosaurus-crossing-a-ford-in-the-rain-late%20jurassic.webp) ### Allosaurus The Predator's Frame: Skull and Crests The anatomy of Allosaurus was a biological masterpiece, forg… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=454:allosaurus&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/baryonyx/Baryonyx.webp) ### Baryonyx The anatomy of Baryonyx reveals an extraordinary adaptation to aquatic hunting. It drastically depa… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=520:baryonyx&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/carcharodontosaurus/carcharodontosaurus-river-middle-cretaceous.webp) ### Carcharodontosaurus A Nightmare Armed with Serrated Blades Picture a biological guillotine lined with the teeth of a gr… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=535:carcharodontosaurus&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/carnotaurus/Carnotaurus-late-cretaceous.webp) ### Carnotaurus sastrei The Demonic Bull: Horns and Cranial Biomechanics Two prominent bony horns above the eyes define the… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=540:carnotaurus&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/compsognathus/composgnatus-seashore-late-jurassic.webp) ### Compsognathus Forget the earth-shaking giants. The true terror of the Jurassic undergrowth weighed as much as a h… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439:compsognathus&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/gasosaurus/Gasosaurus.webp) ### Gasosaurus The Anatomy of an Ambush The skeleton of Gasosaurus points to a hunter built for explosive speed an… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=434:gasosaurus&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/giganotosaurus/giganotosaurus-carolinii-plain-river-late-cretaceous.webp) ### Giganotosaurus carolinii Giganotosaurus was a surgical assassin. It stretched as long as a standard city bus and weighed as… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=480:giganotosaurus-carolinii&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/microraptor/microraptor-forest-early-cretaceous.webp) ### Microraptor The Feathered Biplane of the Mesozoic Era Picture four wings, rather than two, silhouetted against… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=469:microraptor&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/ornithomimus/ornitomimus.webp) ### Ornithomimus The Cretaceous dragster: legs and locomotion The Ornithomimus was engineered to vanish. The hind le… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=412:ornithomimus&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/spinosaurus/spinosaurus-river-delta-late-cretaceous.webp) ### Spinosaurus aegyptiacus This animal stands as perhaps the most extraordinary carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered, sparking… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=276:spinosaurus&catid=95&lang=en-GB) ![](https://noidinosauri.it/images/encyclopedia/dinosaurs/suchomimus/Suchomimus-tenerensis-Lower-Cretaceous-river.webp) ### Suchomimus tenerensis The False Crocodile: A Snout Out of Place Picture a skull stretching 1.2 meters — straight, narrow… [In-depth details](https://noidinosauri.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=512:suchomimus&catid=95&lang=en-GB)