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.

References

Gierliński, Gregard 1999. Tracks of a large thyreophoran from the Early Jurassic of Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 44.

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