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Ankylosauria

Ankylosauria is a group of herbivorous dinosaurs that originate of the clade Ornithischia. It includes the great majority of dinosaurs with armor in the form of bony osteoderms, similar to turtles. Ankylosaurs were bulky quadrupeds, with short, powerful limbs. They are known to have first appeared in North Africa during the Middle Jurassic, and persisted…

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†Parankylosauria? · †Euankylosauria Soto-Acuña et al., 2021 †Ankylosauridae †Nodosauridae · †Ankylosauridae · †Nodosauridae · †Cryptosaurus

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related to Classification · 29
Ankylosauria → Ankylosauridae, Ankylosauromorpha, Ankylosaurus, As, Carpenter, David, Early Jurassic, Emausaurus, Euankylosauria, Historically, However, Kenneth Carpenter, Madzia, Nodosauridae, Nodosaurus, Norman, Parankylosauria, Paul Sereno, PhyloCode, Phylogenetic
Genera of uncertain affinity · 16
Ankylosauria → †Ankylosauridae, †Cryptosaurus, †Dracopelta, †Euankylosauria Soto-Acuña et al., 2021 †Ankylosauridae †Nodosauridae, †Jakapil?, †Minmi, †Mymoorapelta, †Nodosauridae, †Parankylosauria?, †Sarcolestes, †Serendipaceratops?, †Sinankylosaurus?, †Spicomellus, †Stegosaurides?, †Tianchisaurus, †Vectipelta
related to Etymology · 9
Ankylosauria → Ankylosauridae, Ankylosaurus, Barnum Brown, Greek, In, On, The, The Latin, Therefore
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Ankylosauria → group of herbivorous dinosaurs that originate of the clade Ornithischia

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ankylosaurs group stegosaurs dinosaurs ankylosauridae spicomellus clade nodosauridae parankylosauria minmi mymoorapelta sarcolestes serendipaceratops sinankylosaurus stegosaurides ankylosaurus large jurassic known armor

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AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Parankylosauria?1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Euankylosauria Soto-Acuña et al., 2021 †Ankylosauridae †Nodosauridae1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Ankylosauridae1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Nodosauridae1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Cryptosaurus1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Dracopelta1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Jakapil?1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Minmi1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Mymoorapelta1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Sarcolestes1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Serendipaceratops?1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Sinankylosaurus?1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Spicomellus1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Stegosaurides?1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Tianchisaurus1.00infobox
AnkylosauriaGenera of uncertain affinity†Vectipelta1.00infobox
Ankylosauriais agroup of herbivorous dinosaurs that originate of the clade Ornithischia0.90text

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