beware the tail

Look: This dinosaur had a natural weapon unlike any other

Lethal.

by Jennifer Walter
Stegouros elengassen, new dino species
Mauricio Álvarez

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Ankylosaurs are known for their full-body armor and massive, club-like tails.

Their distant cousins, stegosaurs, were studded with armored plates and had deadly spiked tails called thagomizers.

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