"Four theropods"
Coloured pencil illustration, June 2008
Adapted from Luis Rey's illustrations in Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-To-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages
Top left: Dilong paradoxus Xu et al., 2004
Tyrannosauroidea; Theropoda; Saurischia; Sauropsida; Chordata
From Early Cretaceous China
Top right: Cryolophosaurus ellioti Hammer & Hickerson, 1994
Theropoda; Saurischia; Sauropsida; Chordata
From Early Jurassic Antarctica
Bottom left: Masiakasaurus knopfleri Sampson et al., 2001
Noasauridae; Abelisauroidea; Theropoda; Saurischia; Sauropsida; Chordata
From Late Cretaceous Madagascar
Bottom right: Citipati osmolskae Clark, Norell & Barsbold, 2001
Oviraptoridae; Theropoda; Saurischia; Sauropsida; Chordata
From Late Cretaceous Mongolia
Note that these dinosaurs have all been described in the last 14 years, and substantially different to the ideas most people have of theropod dinosaurs, e.g. Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptor, Allosaurus etc.
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