While Stegosaurus plates may have regulated the beast's body heat, it's the tail spikes that got all the action. One swat with the lizards giant tail and these big amour-piercing spikes would quickly deter a would-be attacker.
Stegosaurus sp.
Late Jurassic (150 m.y.a.)
Morrison Formation
Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry, Utah
Resin Cast
20" Long
Item 128
Category: Replicas
Type: Bones
Phylum: Vertebrates
Class: Dinosaurs
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