nodosaurian means synonym of nodosaurid, any member of the family Nodosauridae, ankylosaurians without clublike tails. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From nodosaurus + -ian. Compare ankylosaurian, derived from translingual Ankylosauria.
noun
- Synonym of nodosaurid, any member of the family Nodosauridae, ankylosaurians without clublike tails.“Pinacosaurus is a common dinosaur in the Mongolian deposits. It is an ankylosaurid (member of the Family Ankylosauridae) as opposed to a nodosaurian as we saw in Sauropelta from the Cloverly in the previous lecture. Ankylosaurids differ from nodosaurians in [retention] of a primitive configuration of the skull roof (e.g. there are still paired plates). However, ankylosaurids also have the novel sh”