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