Carnosauria

plural noun

Car·​no·​sau·​ria

ˌkärnəˈsȯréə

: a group of moderate to large-sized carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs that had recurved daggerlike teeth and were widely distributed in the Upper Triassic and Jurassic compare allosaurus, ceratodus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin carn-, caro flesh + New Latin -o- + -sauria

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