Ankylosaur skin nodule

This nodule would have been attached to the dinosaur's back by its flat base with the broad ridge providing protection. The Ankylosaurs were a family of dinosaurs characterised by thick bony plated skin

Ankylosaur Ankylosauria Archosaur Archosauria Archosauriformes Archosauromorpha Diapsid Diapsida Dinosauria Dinosauromorpha Eurypoda Fossilised Genasauria Nodule Ornithischia Ornithischian Reptiles Reptilia Thyreophora Thyreophoran

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