The ankylosaurs are the most heavily
armored of all the dinosaurs. Built low to
the ground, these slow grazers resemble
turtles or armadillos. When attacked,
they squat down to hide their limbs and
defend themselves with their tails, which
usually have horny spikes or knobs on
them. There are several types of ankylo-
saurs, including paleoscincus, whose
armor is fringed with sharp spikes (thus
increasing armor class to -4).


Ankylosaurus is the best known of
these living tanks. Ankylosaurus’ short
but powerful tail ends in a heavy bone
knob, which it uses as a bludgeon to fend
off attackers. An ankylosaurus usually
ignores anything that doesn’t attack it.

by Lawrence Schick
 

Dragon

Monster Manual III

Other Ornithopods

Dinosaurs (New Theories)

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