ankylosaurian


an·ky·lo·saur·i·an

A5329250 (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.