Thyreophora (Noun)
Meaning
Armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The thyreophora is a group of armored dinosaurs characterized by the presence of body armor and spikes.
- The thyreophora dinosaurs include stegosaurs and ankylosaurs, both known for their defensive adaptations.
- During the Jurassic period, stegosaurs were among the most prominent members of the thyreophora clade.
- Thyreophora is thought to have originated around 200 million years ago, giving rise to a wide variety of armored dinosaurs.
- Some early thyreophora, like the Emausaurus, exhibited less extreme armor plating than their later stegosaur and ankylosaur cousins.