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From: A new ankylosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia and implications for paleoecology of armoured dinosaurs

Figure 8

Photographs of ossified tendons from the tail knob handle (a–d) and dermal osteoderms (e–m) of Tarchia tumanovae sp. nov. (MPC-D 100/1353). (a) A bundle of ossified tendons from the tail knob handle. Close up photos of (b) an ossified tendon that is flattened and (c) a tendon that is elliptic in cross-section and has longitudinal striae. (d) An ossified tendon with evidence of fracture healing. Type 2 osteoderm in (e) anterior, (f) oblique dorsolateral, and (g) ventral views. Two Type 7 osteoderms in (h and k) dorsal, (i and l) ventral, and (j and m) lateral views. k keel, path pathology.

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