Definition of Ceratopsidae

1. Noun. American ceratopsian dinosaurs.

Exact synonyms: Family Ceratopsidae
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Ceratopsia, Suborder Ceratopsia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratopsidae

Cerastium arvense
Cerastium tomentosum
Ceratitis
Ceratitis capitata
Ceratodontidae
Ceratonia
Ceratonia siliqua
Ceratopetalum
Ceratopetalum gummiferum
Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllum
Ceratophyllus
Ceratopogon
Ceratopsia
Ceratopsidae (current term)
Ceratopteris
Ceratopteris pteridioides
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Ceratostomataceae
Ceratostomella
Ceratostomella ulmi
Ceratotherium
Ceratotherium simum
Cerberean
Cerberian
Cerberus
Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Literary usage of Ceratopsidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"... precedens of Marsh, the only one known in this country, occurs in the same beds with, the remains of the Ceratopsidae in eastern Wyoming. ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1891)
"Ceratopsidae, the gigantic, (or homed dinosaurs) of North America, Prof. 0 C. Marsh on, 793. Chambers (C.), Fen-el's theory of tti winds, 745. ..."

3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1903)
"... and Judith River Beds he considered them as both generically and specifically distinct; note, for example, the different forms of the Ceratopsidae and ..."

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