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Re: Shunosaurus, Tail Clubs, and Ankylosauria
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Message text written by INTERNET:forelf@internet19.fr
"> I was unaware that *Tianchisaurus* had been attributed with a tail
> club.
It wasn't, at least if new specimens that I would not be aware of have been
discovered. No tail club was found.
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In Dong's original description (see previous post), on p.262, he
writes: "An incomplete, small and flat tail club (Plate 4C) is preserved.
It is constructed of three dermal scutes, which are sculptured on their
dorsal surfaces. A small and triangular scute is laterally flanked by two
larger dermal scutes." This is identical in composition to more derived
ankylosaurids (although I think it may have fewer scutes incorporated into
it). What's the tail club of _Shunosaurus_ composed of?
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