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Osteoderms are bony
deposits forming scales, plates, or
other structures based in the dermis.
Osteoderms are
found in many
groups of
extant and extinct...
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Osteoderms are
dermal bone
structures that
support the
upper layer of skin and
serve as
protection against the
elements in a
large variety of
extinct and...
- far
recovered from
North America. The
specimen also
preserved in situ
osteoderms, keratin, and skin remains. In 2014,
Theropoda Expeditions LLC was excavating...
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built for crushing, and its back was
covered with
thick hemispherical osteoderms. One
study indicated Deinosuchus may have
lived for up to 50 years, growing...
- of India. It was
described in 2025 on the
basis of
multiple isolated osteoderms that were
nonetheless distinct in
their appearance from not only the contemporary...
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armored top s**** (carapace) that was made of
hundreds of
interconnected osteoderms (structures in
dermis composed of bone).
Other pieces of
armor covered...
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Preserved elements show the
presence of a
rigid shield of
hexagonal osteoderms just
behind the head,
followed by a
series of
mobile bands similar to...
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collected 77
osteoderms while excavating a
Tyrannosaurus specimen in the
Lance Formation of
Wyoming in 1900. He
mentioned these osteoderms (specimen AMNH...
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armored carapaces (top s****) that were made of
hundreds of
interconnected osteoderms (structures in
dermis composed of bone).
Other pieces of
armor covered...
- snouts,
erect limbs, and a body
ornamented with four rows of plate-like
osteoderms (bony scutes).
Aetosaur fossil remains are
known from Europe,
North and...
