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thyreophoran
thyr·e·oph·o·ran T5217250 (thîr′ē-ŏf′ə-rən)n. Any of various armored ornithiscian dinosaurs of the group Thyreophora from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, bearing bony plates or spikes, and including the ankylosaurians and the stegosaurians.
[New Latin Thyreophora, taxon name, Greek thureos, oblong shield; see thyroid + Greek -phora, neuter pl. of -phoros, -phore.]
thyr′e·oph′o·ran adj.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | thyreophoran - armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurssuborder Thyreophora, Thyreophoraanimal 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)armored dinosaur - dinosaurs having bony armourgenus Stegosaurus - quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and Cretaceousgenus Ankylosaurus - armored herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous |
thyreophoran
Related to thyreophoran: pachycephalosaurus, ArgentinosaurusSynonyms for thyreophorannoun armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaursSynonyms- suborder Thyreophora
- Thyreophora
Related Words- animal order
- order Ornithischia
- Ornithischia
- armored dinosaur
- genus Stegosaurus
- genus Ankylosaurus
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