ankylosaurian


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an·ky·lo·saur·i·an

 (ăng′kə-lō-sôr′ē-ən)
n.
Any of various herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs of the group Ankylosauria of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, having a squat armored body, a short neck, and a beaked mouth. Also called ankylosaur.
[From New Latin Ankylosauria, group name, from Ankylosaurus, type genus; see ankylosaurus.]
an′ky·lo·saur′i·an adj.
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(2010): Ankylosaurian evidences from the Upper Cretaceous of South-Central Pyrenees (Lleida, Spain): a reappraisal.
Re-evaluation of the age of some dinosaur localities from the southern Pyrenees by means of megaloolithid oospecies

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