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Hadrosauridae

Hadrosauridae

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A group of large plant-eating dinosaurs with duck-billed snouts from the late Cretaceous
  • noun
  • /ˌhædrəˈsɔːrɪdeɪ/
  • Specialized
: Hadrosauridae
  • Some members of Hadrosauridae had elaborate crests that may have been used for communication.

Examples

  • Scientists believe that Hadrosauridae traveled in herds and were among the most common herbivores of their time.

  • Fossils of Hadrosauridae have been discovered on several continents, shedding light on their wide distribution.

  • The Hadrosauridae family includes some of the most recognizable dinosaurs.

  • Did the Hadrosauridae really roam the Earth millions of years ago?

  • Fossils of Hadrosauridae have been discovered on several continents, shedding light on their wide distribution.

  • Scientists believe that Hadrosauridae traveled in herds and were among the most common herbivores of their time.

  • Some members of Hadrosauridae had elaborate crests that may have been used for communication.

Synonyms

duck-billed dinosaur
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A large plant-eating dinosaur with a long, flat beak like a duck

is a specific taxonomic family within that group, found in the Upper Cretaceous

Surface Forms

Hadrosauridae singular
Hadrosauridae plural

Morphology

Hadrosauridae = Hadrosaurus (opaque) = hadro + saur + idae

Formed by adding the technical taxonomic family suffix '-idae' to the Latinized genus name 'Hadrosaurus', a formation that is specialised and not semantically transparent to general learners.

Etymology

Hadrosauridae breaks into three parts: hadro- meaning 'thick' or 'heavy', saur meaning 'lizard' (the same saur you see in dinosaur), and -idae meaning 'family'. So, Hadrosauridae is like the 'thick-lizard family' — large, duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaurs that lived together in groups.