Nodosaurus

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin nodosaurus, from Latin nodosus (“knobby, knotty”) + -saurus (“-saur”), from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).

Proper noun

†Nodosaurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family †Nodosauridae – a herbivorous nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous, the fossils of which are found exclusively in the Frontier Formation in Wyoming.

Descendants

  • → English: nodosaurus, nodosaur

References

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