ornithischian dinosaur — noun herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird • Syn: ↑ornithischian • Hypernyms: ↑dinosaur • Hyponyms: ↑pisanosaur, ↑pisanosaurus, ↑staurikosaur, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dinosaur — /duy neuh sawr /, n. 1. any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals. 2. something that is… … Universalium
Bone Wars — The rivalry between Othniel Charles Marsh (left) and Edward Drinker Cope (right) sparked the Bone Wars. The Bone Wars, also known as the Great Dinosaur Rush ,[1] refers to a period of intense fossil speculation and discovery during the Gilded Age … Wikipedia
ornithischian — noun herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird • Syn: ↑ornithischian dinosaur • Hypernyms: ↑dinosaur • Hyponyms: ↑pisanosaur, ↑pisanosaurus, ↑staurikosaur, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pachycephalosaur — noun bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found • Syn: ↑pachycephalosaurus • Hypernyms: ↑bone headed dinosaur … Useful english dictionary
pachycephalosaurus — noun bipedal herbivore having 10 inches of bone atop its head; largest boneheaded dinosaur ever found • Syn: ↑pachycephalosaur • Hypernyms: ↑bone headed dinosaur … Useful english dictionary
suborder Pachycephalosaurus — noun boneheaded dinosaurs; late Cretaceous • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Marginocephalia, ↑suborder Marginocephalia, ↑marginocephalian • Member Meronyms: ↑bone headed dinosaur … Useful english dictionary
Pachycephalosaurus — ▪ dinosaur genus genus of large and unusual dinosaurs found as fossils in deposits of North America dating to the Late Cretaceous Epoch (100 million to 66 million years ago). Pachycephalosaurus,which grew to be about 5 m (16 feet) long, was a… … Universalium
Pachycephalosaurus — *Taxobox name = Pachycephalosaurus fossil range = Late Cretaceous image caption = Skull of Pachycephalosaurus at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida superordo = Dinosauria ordo … Wikipedia
Ornithopod — Eukaryota Ornithopods Temporal range: Middle Jurassic Late Cretaceous, 169–65.5 Ma … Wikipedia