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Theropods are lizard hipped, bipedal dinosaurs with three clawed toes that touched the ground (many had a fourth toe that didn't reach the ground called a dewclaw). Most of them, with the exclusion of birds, were meat eaters.

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Are maniraptora dinosaurs?

Yes.Maniraptora is the name of a group of theropod dinosaurs.Archaeopteryx, Velociraptor, Troodon andmodern day birds are examples maniraptorian theropod dinosaurs.


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All of them except birds. (Yes, they're technically theropod dinosaurs. Look it up!)


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