Ceratopsia

Translingual

Etymology

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

Ceratopsia

1. 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

It is traditional for ceratopsian genus names to end in "-ceratops", although this is not always the case.

Hypernyms

• (infraorder): Dinosauria - superorder, Ornithischia - order, Cerapoda - suborder

Hyponyms

• (infraorder): Ceratopsidae, Chaoyangsauridae, Psittacosauridae, Neoceratopsia - families; Liaoceratops, Microceratus - genera not placed in families

Related terms

• Triceratops

References

• Ceratopsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ceratopsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ceratopsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons