Meaning | Any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia. |
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Synonym | ceratopsian |
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Member of | Ceratopsia, suborder Ceratopsia | horned dinosaurs |
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Narrower | protoceratops | small horned dinosaur |
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psittacosaur, psittacosaurus | Primitive dinosaur actually lacking horns and having only the beginning of a frill |
styracosaur, styracosaurus | An unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn |
triceratops | huge ceratopsian dinosaur having three horns and the neck heavily armored with a very solid frill |
Broader | ornithischian, ornithischian dinosaur | herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird |
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Spanish | ceratopsian |
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