A model of the Stegouros, a newly identified armored dinosaur that inhabited the Chilean Patagonia, is displayed during a press conference in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021.(AP Photo/Esteban ...

Paleontologists work at the place where the fossilized bones of the Stegouros elengassen were found, a newly identified armored dinosaur, that inhabited the Chilean Patagonian area (Reuters) - More ...

New dinosaur footprints dubbed Ruopodosaurus clava were made by armoured ankylosaurid dinosaurs. While the exact species that made these footprints is unknown, it was likely similar to Gobisaurus or ...

In February of 2018, paleontologists discovered the fossil of an unknown species of ankylosaur dinosaur in the Chilean Patagonia. Like other members of the Ankylosauria group of herbivore dinosaurs, ...

A dinosaur named for a demon dog in “Ghostbusters” had a sledgehammer attached to its rear. A new study found it could both shatter shins and woo potential mates. By Jack Tamisiea To ward off ...

While ankylosaurs are already known for their armor and club tails, this specimen from South America had a unique way of fighting predators. By Asher Elbein It’s not every day you find a dinosaur that ...

Armored, squat, and built like a tank, ankylosaurs were a type of dinosaur known for their bony, protective exterior and distinct, sledgehammer-shaped tails. Now, scientists have pieced together how ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the most impressive weapons to appear during the dinosaur arms race of the Cretaceous Period was the big bony tail club wielded by some members of a group of tank-like ...

How did the ankylosaur get its tail club? According to research that traces the evolution of the ankylosaur's distinctive tail, the handle arrived first on the scene, and the knot at the end of the ...

Fossils revealing a new type of dinosaur have been discovered in Southern Chile. The creature features a tail that resembles a 'war club' and would have been used as a weapon. The study explaining the ...

Dec 1 (Reuters) - More than half a millennium ago, Aztec warriors brandished a weapon called a macuahuitl, a wooden club with jagged obsidian blades embedded on its sides, to inflict gruesome wounds ...