Meaning of nodosaurian | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of nodosaurid, any member of the family Nodosauridae, ankylosaurians without clublike tails.

Examples

“Pinacosaurus is a common dinosaur in the Mongolian deposits. It is an ankylosaurid (member of the Family Ankylosauridae) as opposed to a nodosaurian as we saw⟳ in Sauropelta from the Cloverly in the previous lecture⟳. Ankylosaurids differ⟳ from nodosaurians in [retention] of a primitive configuration of the skull roof (e.g. there are still paired plates). However, ankylosaurids also have⟳ the novel shared derived character of having a bony club at the end⟳ of the tail (above). Ankylosaurids, such as Pinacosaurus also tend⟳ to have⟳ broader skulls than nodosaurids and tend⟳ to have⟳ spikes on the rear corevers of their box-like skulls.”

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