and produce dermal armour. Scutes with a bony base are properly called osteoderms. Dermal scutes are also found in the feet of birds and tails of some mammals...

of massive knobs and plates of bone, known as osteoderm or bony scutes, embedded in the skin. Osteoderms are also found in the skin of crocodiles, armadillos...

armour of bony plates embedded in its skin. The small bony plates (called osteoderms, a feature of modern crocodiles) have since been found on other titanosaurs...

quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs, with small denticulate teeth and rows of osteoderms (a type of armour) on the dorsolateral (top and sides) surfaces of the...

snouts, erect limbs, and a body ornamented with four rows of plate-like osteoderms (bony scutes). Aetosaur fossil remains are found in Europe, North and...

It was found in Alberta, Canada and is a nodosaurid ankylosaur. The osteoderms in its armour were in their life positions, with remains of their keratin...

above its eyes. Unusually, for a theropod, Ceratosaurus had armour: small osteoderms ran down the middle of its back. The animal had deep jaws and long blade-like...

so far. Unlike the Postosuchus, this Fasolasuchus had only one row of osteoderms. It's bite force would have been high as it had a similar skull shape...

is a partial skeleton including parts of the skull and at least 120 osteoderms. It is a typical Ankylosaur in its general appearance and probable lifestyle...

processed by its enormous hind gut. Neck, back and tail were protected by osteoderms. The animal could also actively defend itself with its tail club. Gilmore...

specimen has many vertebrae, some of the fore and hindlimbs, and several osteoderms (bony plates). The fossil material was first described in a PhD thesis...

preceding scale. The authors think the scales were not ossified scutes or osteoderms. Andrea Cau (November 24, 2015). "Cosa è Lepidocheirosaurus?". Theropoda...

are distinguished by their carapace consisting of hardened scales and osteoderms. Additionally, its skin and shell possess distinct features not found...

shape, and under their skin scales, they have bony plates called "osteoderms." Osteoderms are bones in the skin that protect the skink and help control its...