Suborder Ornithopoda (Noun)
Meaning
Widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon).
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The suborder Ornithopoda was characterized by its herbivorous diet and diverse range of species that thrived during the Mesozoic era.
- The Ornithopoda suborder comprised of a wide variety of duck-billed dinosaurs, including hadrosaurs and the massive trachodon.
- One of the earliest known members of the suborder Ornithopoda is Iguanodon, discovered by Sir Richard Owen in 1825.
- The classification and phylogenetic relationships among the members of the suborder Ornithopoda have been extensively researched by paleontologists worldwide.
- Hadrosaurs, a subgroup within the suborder Ornithopoda, exhibited advanced locomotive capabilities that enabled them to withstand demanding environmental pressures during the Late Cretaceous period.