Thyreophoran (Noun)
Meaning
Armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The thyreophoran dinosaurs were characterized by their distinctive armor plating and spiked tails.
- Stegosaurus and Edmontonia were two well-known examples of thyreophorans that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
- Thyreophorans were herbivores that used their armor to defend themselves against predators such as Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus.
- The thyreophoran dinosaur Euoplocephalus had a distinctive club-like tail that it used to defend itself against predators.
- Thyreophorans were a diverse group of armored dinosaurs that included both stegosaurs and ankylosaurs.