Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Armored dinosaurs called ankylosaurs may have wielded hammer-like tail clubs at each other in conflict, in addition to fending off predators like Tyrannosaurus rex. A well-preserved fossil of an ankylosaurus, a herbivorous dinosaur …
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Crurivastator Zuul in battle. Credit: Illustrated by Henry Sharpe. © Henry Sharpe Zuul shows that ankylosaurs may have also used their tail clubs for social dominance. Scientists have found new evidence of how armored dinosaurs used their signature tail clubs. The exceptional fossil of the ankylosaurus The bloodcurdling roar has spikes along its flanks that …
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To ward off oversized predators, many herbivorous dinosaurs were biologically armed to the teeth. Some had skulls studded with horns, while others had spiked tails. But few matched the arsenal of ankylosaurs, a group of herbivores that peaked in diversity during the Cretaceous period. Most of the ankylosaur’s body was encased in bony plates that …
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