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Borealopelta
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Translingual
vertical Nodosaur.jpg †Borealopelta markmitchelli species fossil Borealopelta NT.jpg †Borealopelta markmitchelli species life restoration
Etymology
From mul boreālis la adj. northern -o- pelta noun a small shield [borrowed from mul grc πέλτη], coined in reference to the northern locality and the preserved epidermal scales and osteoderms.Caleb M. Brown, et al 3 August 2017 An Exceptionally Preserved Three-Dimensional Armored Dinosaur Reveals Insights into Coloration and Cretaceous Predator-Prey Dynamics Current Biology 27 16 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.071
Proper noun
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genus family †Nodosauridae family currently contains only one species, a nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur without a club tail
Hypernyms
genus ; †Ankylosauria suborder suborder; †Nodosauridae family family; †Nodosaurinae subfamily subfamily
Hyponyms
genus †Borealopelta markmitchelli species sole species
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