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Ceratopsia

Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic infraorder within the suborder Cerapoda — herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs which thrived during the Cretaceous, in what are now North America and Asia. Early members were small and bipedal, but later forms were large quadrupeds..

Etymologies

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New Latin, from Ancient Greek  ("horned faces"). One of the first named genera was Ceratops itself, which lent its name to the group, although it is considered a nomen dubium today as it has no distinguishing characteristics that are not also found in other ceratopsians.

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  • Also, yesterday I started reading "A reevaluation of the manus structure in Triceratops (Ceratopsia; Ceratopsidae)," and finished Alan Weisman's brilliant The World Without Man (Thomas Dunne Books, 2007).

    "No moon, no pale reflection." greygirlbeast 2010

  • Also, yesterday I started reading "A reevaluation of the manus structure in Triceratops (Ceratopsia; Ceratopsidae)," and finished Alan Weisman's brilliant The World Without Man (Thomas Dunne Books, 2007).

    "No moon, no pale reflection." yuki_onna 2010

  • Nodosaurid ankylosaurs and hadrosaurids show significant positive associations with marine sediments, while marginocephalians (Ceratopsia, Pachycephalosauria), saurischians (herbivorous theropods, Sauropoda) and ankylosaurid ankylosaurs are significantly positively associated with terrestrial sediments.

    Neoceratopsian publications for 2008 ReBecca Foster 2009

  • I have inherited Mr. Dick Peirce's copy of "The Ceratopsia,"a book that I have wanted for quite some time.

    A Surprise ReBecca Foster 2008

  • I have inherited Mr. Dick Peirce's copy of "The Ceratopsia,"a book that I have wanted for quite some time.

    Archive 2008-03-01 ReBecca Foster 2008

  • Only in the Iguanodonts and Ceratopsia are they shed.

    Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections William Diller Matthew 1900

  • Mr. Hatcher the name of _Triceratops_ (_i. e._ "three horned face"), while to the whole group he gave the name of Ceratopsia.

    Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections William Diller Matthew 1900

  • It is a member of the Ceratopsia group of herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs, which also include the more famous Triceratops.

    dailyindia.com News Feed 2009

  • Picture from Hatcher, Marsh and Lull 'The Ceratopsia.'

    Archive 2008-04-01 ReBecca Foster 2008

  • Picture from Hatcher, Marsh and Lull 'The Ceratopsia.'

    Triceratops cranial epi-ossifications ReBecca Foster 2008

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