单词 | nodosaurid |
释义 | nodosauridn.adj. Palaeontology. A. n. A member of the family Nodosauridae (suborder Ankylosauria) of quadrupedal ornithischian dinosaurs, characterized by an armour of bony spikes and plates and living chiefly in the Cretaceous period. ΚΠ 1912 Science 30 Aug. 288/2 The dorsal armor of the Stegosaurs, and the cranio-dorsal armature of the Nodosaurids are all structurally homologous. 1935 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 230 138 It is perhaps on the strength (?) of these two evidences that the Indian form was later regarded as a nodosaurid. 1997 Jrnl. Paleontol. 71 1147 Nodosaurid premaxillary teeth are unique among early nodosaurids in having no marginal cusps. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating a dinosaur of the family Nodosauridae. ΚΠ 1960 W. Langston in R. Zangerl Vertebr. Fauna Selma Formation of Alabama vi. 357 The nodosaurid and carnosaur bones presumably fell away from similarly floating carcasses. 1978 Jrnl. Paleontol. 52 643/1 Nodosaurid ankylosaurs have an unusually positioned acromion process. 1990 W. P. Coombs & I. Maryańska in D. B. Weishampel et al. Dinosauria xxii. 478/1 The dermal armor includes typical nodosaurid spikes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1912 |
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