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ornithischian

DEFINITIONS OF: ornithischian

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n herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird

Synonyms:
ornithischian dinosaur
Types:
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pisanosaur, pisanosaurus
primitive dinosaur found in Argentina
staurikosaur, staurikosaurus
primitive dinosaur found in Brazil
armored dinosaur
dinosaurs having bony armour
bone-headed dinosaur
bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crowns
ceratopsian, horned dinosaur
any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia
ornithopod, ornithopod dinosaur
bipedal herbivorous dinosaur
duck-billed dinosaur, hadrosaur, hadrosaurus
any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic
Stegosaur stenops, stegosaur, stegosaurus
herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon
ankylosaur, ankylosaurus
having the back covered with thick bony plates; thought to have walked with a sprawling gait resembling a lizard's
pachycephalosaur, pachycephalosaurus
bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found
protoceratops
small horned dinosaur
triceratops
huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill
styracosaur, styracosaurus
an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous
psittacosaur, psittacosaurus
primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill; long hind limbs and short forelimbs; may have been bipedal
anatotitan
one of the largest and most famous duck-billed dinosaurs
corythosaur, corythosaurus
duck-billed dinosaur with nasal passages that expand into a crest like a hollow helmet
edmontosaurus
duck-billed dinosaur from Canada found as a fossilized mummy with skin
trachodon, trachodont
large duck-billed dinosaur of the Cretaceous period
Type of:
dinosaur
any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
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