Thyreophora
Thyreophora are the armoured dinosaurs: the name means 'shield-bearer'. It is a suborder of ornithischian dinosaurs.
They are divided into these groups:
- Various early herbivores which could be quadrupedal or bipedal.[1] Examples: the lightly armoured: Scutellosaurus, and Scelidosaurus.
- Ankylosauria
- Ankylosaurids: armoured from their head to their club-ended tail.
- Nodosaurids: no tail club but spikes and bony bumps on body.
- Stegosauria
- Huayangosaurids: an early group from Middle Jurassic of China.
- Stegosaurids: small heads and vertical plates and spines on body and tail. Upper Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous.
Thyreophora Media
- Scutellosaurus illustration by Ritterbush.svg
Scutellosaurus illustration by Ritterbush
- Scelidosaurus harrisonii.png
Illustration of the Jurassic thyreophoran Scelidosaurus harrisonii, adopting a bipedal stance as evidenced by the Holy Cross Mountain trackways (Gierliński, Gregard (1999). "Tracks of a large thyreophoran from the Early Jurassic of Poland").
- Stegosaurus stenops.png
Life reconstruction of Stegosaurus stenops
- Stegouros elengassen.png
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- Stegosaurus stenops.png
Life reconstruction of Stegosaurus stenops
- Scutellosaurus illustration by Ritterbush.svg
Scutellosaurus illustration by Ritterbush
- Scelidosaurus harrisonii.png
Illustration of the Jurassic thyreophoran Scelidosaurus harrisonii, adopting a bipedal stance as evidenced by the Holy Cross Mountain trackways (Gierliński, Gregard (1999). "Tracks of a large thyreophoran from the Early Jurassic of Poland").