Hylaeosaurus

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See also: hylaeosaurus and Hylæosaurus

Translingual

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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.

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