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Ankylosaurian dinosaurs are represented by a single osteodermalscuteand two isolated teeth.
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Three large inframarginal scutes are present on each side of the plastron, and restricted to the bridge, the most posterior one being the largest.
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Solid lines represent the free margins of plates; serrated lines represent sutures; dotted lines representscutesulci.
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The twelve pairs of marginal scutes have their anterior sulcus cutting the posterior part of the posterior suprapygal.
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The second to fifth vertebral scutes are nearly as long as wide.
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They lie on both the pectoral and abdominal scutes, at the anterior part of the bridge, and are not narrowed on the midline.
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Most adults are found on the carapace of the shell attached in pits dissolved between the scutes.
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The first vertebralscuteis narrower than the nuchal plate and wider than long.
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The pectoral scutes are shorter than the humeral scutes.
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It is a single rectangularscutewhich is wider than long.
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Ten pairs of plastral scutes are present.
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The scutes are deeply and irregularly pitted.
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There are twelve pairs of marginal scutes.
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Dark rings are usually present on the lower surface of each outerscute.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has no nuchalscute, and the supracaudal is undivided, and curved inward in the male; the shields are strongly striated concentrically.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Osteoderms are the most common remains associated with aetosaurs, so a single identifiablescutecan accurately date the layer it is found in.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thescutewas ornamented with a fan-shaped pattern of splitting ridges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the front of the snout there is a blunt, tube-likescuteor scale and there is a small barbel under the chin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In captivity, males must be separated due to aggression towards each other, including ramming, pushing, and overturning with the enlarged gularscute.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The osteoderms of pampatheres were each covered by a singlescute, unlike those of armadillos, which have more than one.
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