ornithopod dinosaur


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Noun1.ornithopod dinosaur - bipedal herbivorous dinosaur
ornithopod
ornithischian, ornithischian dinosaur - herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird
euronithopod, Euronithopoda, Ornithopoda, suborder Euronithopoda, suborder Ornithopoda - widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon)
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Recently, a preliminary analysis of a new discovery of several bones of an ornithopod dinosaur in Boca do Chapim's quarry was reported (Figueiredo, 2010, 2014).
Dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Papo-Seco formation (lower cretaceous) of southern Portugal
While conducting their research, the team also discovered that this dinosaur prey was a previously unrecognized species of a small ornithopod dinosaur, which has yet to be named.
First fossil evidence shows small crocs fed on plant-eating baby dinosaurs
(2012): A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Barremian of Galve, Spain.
New material and phylogenetic position of the basal iguanodont dinosaur Delapparentia turolensis from the Barremian (Early Cretaceous) of Spain
(1990): Evidence for juvenile groups in the ornithopod dinosaur Tenontosaurus tilletti Ostrom.
Palaeoecological inferences about dinosaur gregarious behaviour based on the study of tracksites from La Rioja area in the Cameros Basin (Lower Cretaceous, Spain)
Most of the remains identified are isolated teeth and a set of postcranial bones, the latter belonging to a small ornithopod dinosaur. The best preserved and complete tooth (Fig.
Vertebrate fauna at the Allosaurus fossil-site of Andres (Upper Jurassic), Pombal, Portugal/La fauna de vertebrados del yacimiento con Allosaurus de Andres (Jurasico Superior), Pombal, Portugal
The postcranial remains are for the most part fragmentary and disarticulated elements such as isolated vertebral centra, except for a partially articulated caudal series which belongs to an undetermined ornithopod dinosaur. This semi-articulated caudal series comprises several vertebrae with amphicoelous centra and a hexagonal cross-section typical of Ornithopoda (e.g.
La Cantalera: an exceptional window onto the vertebrate biodiversity of the Hauterivian-Barremian transition in the Iberian Peninsula/La Cantalera: una excepcional ventana a la biodiversidad del transito Hauteriviense-Barremiense en la Peninsula Iberica
So the lack of finds here is probably more to do with the built-up nature of the area more than anything else and we can rest assured that everything from the two-metre high Iguanodon - one of the duck-billed Ornithopod dinosaurs - the armoured Hylaeosaurus and the massive Megalosaurus would have roamed the area we now call home.
The incredible prehistoric animals that once roamed what we now call London; We go on a journey through time to London long before it ever existed

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