Borealopelta

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin boreālis (“northern”, adj.) +‎ -o- +‎ pelta (“a small shield”, noun) [borrowed from Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē)], coined in reference to the northern locality and the preserved epidermal scales and osteoderms.

Proper noun

†Borealopelta f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nodosauridae – nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur without a club tail.

Hypernyms

• †Nodosauridae (nodosaur, (nodosaurians))
• †Ankylosauria (ankylosaur (ankylosaurians))
• †Ornithischia
• Dinosauria (dinosaurs (dinosaurians))
• Chordata (animals with a spinal cord)
• Deuterostomia (deuterosomes)
• Nephrozoa
• Bilateria (bilaterally symmetric; bilaterians)
• Animalia (animals)

Hyponyms

• Borealopelta markmitchelli / B. markmitchelli (Suncor nodosaur)