Polacanthid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polacanthid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any ankylosaurian of the nodosaurid or ankylosaurid subfamily Polacanthinae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any ankylosaurian of the nodosaurid or ankylosaurid subfamily Polacanthinae.
Example Sentences
Polacanthid nodosaurs from the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of the east-central Colorado Plateau
There were no large lateral spikes that are present in nodosaurids and polacanthids hut it did share fused half-rings of neck armour with polacanthids.
For example, premaxillary teeth are present in the primitive polacanthid Gargoyleosaurus, the primitive nodosaurid Silvisaurus, and the primitive ankylosaurid Cedarpelta.
Word Forms
- polacanthids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include placodontid, ankylosaurid, placodontoid, anthracosaurid, placodont, acanthodean.
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