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Clade of ornithischian dinosaurs, considered a sister clade to Ornithopoda. Characterized by an abbreviated posterior portion of the premaxillary as it contributes to the palate and a shortened pubis accompanied by widely spaced hip sockets. Includes clades Pachycephalosauria and Ceratopsia.
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Suborder which is classified into ceratopsians and pachycephalosaurs (Cretaecous).
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includes bone-headed (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs
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"bordered heads." These animals all have some kind of bony frill at the back of the skull. The group includes the pachycephalosaurs and ceratopsians.
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Marginocephalia ("fringed heads") is a clade of ornithischian dinosaurs that includes the thick-skulled pachycephalosaurids, and horned ceratopsians. They were all herbivores, walking on two or four legs, and are characterized by a bony ridge or frill the back of the skull. The clade evolved in the Jurassic period, and became common in the Upper Cretaceous.
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