armored dinosaur
Shell-backed prehistoric lizard
Armored dinosaur is a general term for plant-eating dinosaurs that evolved bony plates, spikes, or clubs for defense against predators.
The group includes stegosaurs with their back plates and tail spikes, and ankylosaurs with their club-like tails and armored bodies: The armored dinosaurs were the tanks of the Cretaceous.
- stegosaurusPlate-backed Jurassic herbivore
- ankylosaurusArmored dinosaur with clubbed tail
- bony platesHard skeletal outer armor
- platesFlat eating dishes
- spikesSharp metal protrusions
tail club · scutes · herbivore · plant eater · Jurassic · Cretaceous · tank · shell · bony · prehistoric · fossil · lumbering · low to the ground · slow and steady · horned · frills · defense · plated
armored dinosaurtheropod
Bipedal carnivorous dinosaur group
raptor · Velociraptor · Tyrannosaurus rex · apex predator · Spinosaurus
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