Meaning of polacanthid | Babel Free

Definitions

Any ankylosaurian of the nodosaurid or ankylosaurid subfamily Polacanthinae.

Examples

“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.”

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