Borealopelta

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin boreālis (“northern”, adj.) +‎ Latin -o- +‎ Latin 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 – the nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur without a club tail.

Hypernyms

• Nodosauridae (“nodosaur”) (nodosaurians)
• Ankylosauria (“anklyosaur”) (anklyosaurians)
• Ornithischia
• Dinosauria (“dinosaur”) (dinosaurians)
• Chordata (“animals with a spinal cord”)
• Deuterostomia (“deuterosomes”)
• Nephrozoa
• Bilateria (“bilaterally symmetric”) (bilaterians)
• Animalia (“animals”)

Hyponyms

• Borealopelta markmitchelli / B. markmitchelli
  • Suncor nodosaur