Hylaeosaurus

See also: hylaeosaurus and Hylæosaurus

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Hylæosaurus

Etymology

Ancient Greek ὑλαῖος (hulaîos, “belonging to the forest”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). Coined by Gideon Mantell in 1833.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪˌliː.ɵˈsɔɹəs/

Proper noun

†Hylaeosaurus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nodisauridae – a herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived about 165 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.

Hypernyms

• (dinosaur): nodosaurid, ankylosaurian, dinosaur

References

• Hylaeosaurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polacanthinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hylaeosaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hylaeosaurus at Paleobiology Database