Euoplocephalus

The Euoplocephalus had a very broad and flat low-slung torso, about four feet high on four short, sturdy legs. The armored skull had a short drooping snout with a horny beak to bite off plants. Like other ankylosaurs, it was covered by bony armor plates, with rows of large high-ridged scutes. The tail club of ankylosaurs is thought to be a defensive weapon. A 2009 study concluded that a large ankylosaurs club could make enough force while swinging, that it could break bones during impact. In 2013 Paul Penkalski and William T.