suborder Thyreophora
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| Noun | 1. | suborder Thyreophora - armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs animal order - the order of animals order Ornithischia, Ornithischia - extinct terrestrial reptiles having bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods) armored dinosaur - dinosaurs having bony armour genus Stegosaurus - quadrupedal armored herbivore of the Jurassic and Cretaceous genus Ankylosaurus - armored herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous |