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an-kee-lo-SORE-us                 ANKYLOSAURUS
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     There is no doubt how the Ankylosaurus defended itself.  Low to the
ground and covered in armor, the Ankylosaurus withstood attacks like a modern 
turtle, safe in its shell.  The Ankylosaurus, though, also had a powerful war 
club for a tail that certainly was able to inflict great damage to the 
careless attacker.
     Ankylorsauria is the name given to the group of dinosaurs that were
covered in thick armor plating.  They appeared during the Cretaceous Period
as the stegosaurs were dying out.  Many paleontologists believe that the
ankylosaurs evolved from the plated dinosaurs (stegosaurs).
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