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- noun Any of a group of small
dinosaurs , of the family Heterodontosauridae, that had characteristicteeth
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A heterodontosaurid fossil has features identified as "long feather-like structures sticking up from its body."
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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A heterodontosaurid fossil has features identified as "long feather-like structures sticking up from its body."
Fossil Feathers 2009
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A tiny new "feathered" ornithischian dinosaur from China, the Early Cretaceous heterodontosaurid Tianyulong confuciusi.
"So lose some sleep and say you tried." mechangel 2009
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H is for heterodontosaurid, Hesperonychus, and Hurdia
"So lose some sleep and say you tried." mechangel 2009
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A new genus and species of heterodontosaurid dinosaur has been described from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation (Brushy Basin Member) of Colorado, from fossils discovered back in 1979 (it's often a long road, from collection to description).
Uppity Authors, Scary Vampires, and Whatnot greygirlbeast 2009
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A computer-generated image of the Tianyulong confuciusi, a feathered heterodontosaurid ornithischian dinosaur.
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