Definitions for thyreophora
thyreopho·ra

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1. Thyreophora, suborder Thyreophora, thyreophorannoun

   armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs

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1. Thyreophora

   Thyreophora ("shield bearers", often known simply as "armored dinosaurs") is a group of armored ornithischian dinosaurs that lived from the Early Jurassic until the end of the Cretaceous. Thyreophorans are characterized by the presence of body armor lined up in longitudinal rows along the body. Primitive forms had simple, low, keeled scutes or osteoderms, whereas more derived forms developed more elaborate structures including spikes and plates. Most thyreophorans were herbivorous and had relatively small brains for their body size. Thyreophora includes various subgroups, including the suborders Ankylosauria and Stegosauria. In both the suborders, the forelimbs were much shorter than the hindlimbs, particularly in stegosaurs. The clade has been defined as the group consisting of all species more closely related to Ankylosaurus than to Triceratops. Thyreophora is the sister group of Cerapoda within Genasauria.

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1. thyreophora

   Thyreophora, often referred to as the "shield bearers", is a subgroup of armored dinosaurs that evolved during the Jurassic Period. This group includes species such as stegosaurs and ankylosaurs. They are known for their body armor, which took the form of plates, spikes, shields and clubs, which they used for defense against predators.

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1. Thyreophora

   The Thyreophora were a subgroup of the ornithischian dinosaurs. They were armored herbivorous dinosaurs, living from the early Jurassic until the end of the Cretaceous. Thyreophorans are characterized by the presence of body armor lined up in longitudinal rows along the body. Primitive forms had simple, low, keeled scutes or osteoderms whereas more derived forms developed more elaborate structures including spikes and plates. Most thyreophorans had relatively small brains for their body size. Thyreophorans include well-known suborders such as the Ankylosauria and Stegosauria as well as lesser-known groups. In both groups, the forelimbs were much shorter than the hindlimbs, and this was particularly exaggerated in stegosaurs. The clade has been defined as the group consisting of all species more closely related to Ankylosaurus than to Triceratops. Thyreophora is the sister group of Cerapoda within Genasauria. Among the Ankylosauria, the two main groups are the ankylosaurids and nodosaurids. Ankylosaurids are noted by the presence of a large tail club composed of distended vertebrae that have fused into a single mass. They were heavy-set and heavily armored from head to tail in bony armor, even down to minor features such as the eyelids. Spikes and nodules, often of horn, were set into the armor. The head was flat, stocky, with little or no "neck", roughly shovel-shaped and characterized by two spikes on either side of the head approximately where the ears and cheeks were. Euoplocephalus tutus is perhaps the best-known ankylosaurid.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of thyreophora in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of thyreophora in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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