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What is Ankylopollexia?

Pronunciation: ang-KI-lo-pol-EX-ee-uh
Author: Paul Sereno
Year: 1986
Meaning: Stiff thumbs
Locomotion: Bipedal and Quadrupedal (2 and 4 legs)
Synonyms: None known
(Sereno, 2005)Definition
The least inclusive clade containing Camptosaurus dispar and Parasaurolophus walkeri.
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Etymology
Ankylopollexia is derived from the Greek "ankylos" (stiff, fused) and the Latin "pollex" (thumb) and "-ia" (plural), "named for the stiff cone-shaped thumbs that characterise most members".
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References
• Sereno PC (1986) "Phylogeny of the bird-hipped dinosaurs (order Ornithischia)". National Geographic Research 2: 234–256.
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