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marginocephalian
mar·gi·no·ce·phal·i·an M5112650 (mär′jə-nō-sə-făl′ē-ən)n. Any of various herbivorous ornithiscian dinosaurs of the group Marginocephalia of the Cretaceous Period, characterized by a bony shelf or frill at the back of the skull and including the ceratopsians and the pachycephalosaurians.
[From New Latin Marginocephalia, group name : Latin margō, margin-, margin; see margin + Greek kephalē, head; see cephalic.]
mar′gi·no·ce·phal′i·an adj.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. marginocephalian - includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaursMarginocephalia, suborder Marginocephaliaanimal order - the order of animalsorder Ornithischia, Ornithischia - extinct terrestrial reptiles having bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods)suborder Pachycephalosaurus - boneheaded dinosaurs; late CretaceousCeratopsia, suborder Ceratopsia - horned dinosaurs |
marginocephalian
Related to marginocephalian: Sauropodomorpha, protoceratops, pachycephalosaurus, Ornithopoda, eoraptor, Pachycephalosauridae, ThyreophoransSynonyms for marginocephaliannoun includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaursSynonyms- Marginocephalia
- suborder Marginocephalia
Related Words- animal order
- order Ornithischia
- Ornithischia
- suborder Pachycephalosaurus
- Ceratopsia
- suborder Ceratopsia
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