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polacanthid

polacanthid noun: any ankylosaurian of the nodosaurid or ankylosaurid subfamily Polacanthinae.

Noun

polacanthid (plural polacanthids)

  1. Any ankylosaurian of the nodosaurid or ankylosaurid subfamily Polacanthinae.
    • Polacanthid nodosaurs from the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of the east-central Colorado Plateau1993, J. I. Kirkland, “Polacanthid nodosaurs from the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of the east-central Colorado Plateau”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 13, title, page 44A
    • 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.2008, Adam Yates, Guide to Wild Dinosaurs, page 121

Forms of polacanthid

pluralpolacanthids

Origin of polacanthid

Derived from the informally named Polacanthidae family.

Questions about polacanthid

What does polacanthid mean?
Polacanthid means any ankylosaurian of the nodosaurid or ankylosaurid subfamily Polacanthinae.
What part of speech is polacanthid?
Polacanthid is a noun.
What is the plural of polacanthid?
The plural of polacanthid is polacanthids.

Words near polacanthid in the dictionary

  1. Polabian
  2. Polabians
  3. Polabish
  4. Polabs
  5. polac
  6. polacanthid
  7. polacanthids
  8. polacca
  9. Polacca Wash
  10. polaccas
  11. Polacek

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