Ceratopsia
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin, from Ancient Greek κέρᾰς (kéras, “horn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”). One of the first named genera was Ceratops itself, which lent its name to the group, although it is considered a nomen dubium today as it has no distinguishing characteristics that are not also found in other ceratopsians.
Proper noun
[edit]Ceratopsia
- A taxonomic infraorder within the order Ornithischia – herbivorous, beaked dinosaurs which thrived during the Cretaceous, in what are now North America and Asia. Early members were small and bipedal, but later forms were large quadrupeds.
Usage notes
[edit]It is traditional for ceratopsian genus names to end in "-ceratops", although this is not always the case.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (infraorder): Dinosauria - superorder, Ornithischia - order, Cerapoda - suborder
Hyponyms
[edit]- (infraorder): Ceratopsidae, Chaoyangsauridae, Psittacosauridae, Neoceratopsia - families; Liaoceratops, Microceratus - genera not placed in families
Related terms
[edit]References
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Ceratopsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ceratopsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Ceratopsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
