ankylosaur

an·ky·lo·saur | \ ˈaŋ-kə-lō-ˌsȯr

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Definition of ankylosaur

: any of a suborder (Ankylosauria) of herbivorous Cretaceous ornithiscian dinosaurs having a long low-lying thickset body covered dorsally with bony plates

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Recent Examples on the Web In a separate project, for example, researchers unearthed a new species of ankylosaur, or armored dinosaur, in the Beehive State. — Fox News, "New species of meat-eating dinosaur discovered in Utah," 27 Jan. 2020 In related work, New York Institute of Technology paleontologist Jason Bourke found in 2018 that a group of armored dinosaurs called ankylosaurs may have had large, convoluted nasal passages filled with blood vessels. — John Pickrell, National Geographic, "New discovery shows how T. rex kept its brain cool," 4 Sep. 2019 Pentland said that the Winton area, which is now comprised of sheep and cattle farms, was full of long-necked sauropods, carnivorous theropods (including T. rex), ankylosaurs, ornithopods, as well as pterosaurs. — Fox News, "96M-year-old pterosaur nicknamed 'Butch' discovered in Australia," 3 Oct. 2019 Researchers have unearthed a new armored dinosaur in Utah, a new species of ankylosaur, known as Akainacephalus johnsoni. — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, "New spiky-skulled dinosaur lived on a lost continent," 19 July 2018 Plant-eaters like Triceratops and the ankylosaurs, which had to chew their food, also had complex hyoid bones. — National Geographic, "Why T. Rex Couldn't Waggle Its Tongue," 20 June 2018 The characters dodge and weave to avoid romping, stomping ankylosaurs, styracosaurs, and allosauri; lava bombs are landing everywhere, and the whole movie pretty much pitches itself off a cliff. — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, "The new ‘Jurassic World’ is kind of a Tyrannosaurus wreck," 20 June 2018 As Brian Switek reported for Smithsonian.com in 2016, researchers came to a similar conclusion about the tank-like armor and club-like tails of ankylosaur dinosaurs. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Dinosaur Horns Were For Making Love, Not War," 23 Mar. 2018 If ankylosaurs were whacking other dinosaurs, their skeletons haven’t turned up the crucial evidence yet. — Brian Switek, Smithsonian, "Introducing ‘Zuul,’ an Ankylosaur That Could Really Make Your Ankles Sore," 8 May 2017

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“Ankylosaur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ankylosaur. Accessed 26 Feb. 2020.

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