It's likely that enlarged osteoderms at the tip of the tail made that blow more effective.

很可能是尾巴尖端扩大的骨质层使打击更有效。

It is also been suggested that some osteoderms which were covered with skin or with blood vessels.

也有人提出，一些覆盖有皮肤或血管的真皮。

Some of the sauropods also evolved osteoderms.

一些蜥脚类动物也进化出了骨皮。

Armadillos, crocodiles, and some lizards have bones in their skin called osteoderms, just like some dinosaurs had.

犰狳、鳄鱼和一些蜥蜴的皮肤中有骨头，称为骨皮层，就像一些恐龙一样。

Adult Pinacosaurus had tail clubs and lots of osteoderms, but these juveniles had formed no armor of note.

成年的 Pinacosaurus 有尾巴和大量的骨皮，但这些幼龙没有形成值得注意的盔甲。

Why might osteoderms be a good thing to have?

为什么 osteoderms 可能是一件好事？

All of these are possible functions of osteoderms.

所有这些都是成骨细胞的可能功能。

Ankylosaurus and Stegosaurus both have bones called osteoderms which means skin bones.

甲龙和剑龙都有称为骨皮的骨骼，意思是皮肤骨骼。

And finally, he had some ribs, incomplete shoulder girdles, a small portion of skull, and osteoderms from the thyreophoran hylaeosaurus.

最后，他还有一些肋骨、不完整的肩带、一小部分头骨和来自 thyreophoran hylaeosaurus 的骨皮。

Like the stegosaurus, they had osteoderms.

像剑龙一样，它们也有骨质层。

Previously, osteoderms like these were thought to have only evolved for defense, but this osteoderm is incredibly thin and hollow.

以前，像这样的骨质层被认为只是为了防御而进化，但这种骨质层非常薄且中空。

And finally, the Ankylosaurus, Stegosaurus, and some Sauropods, had bones in their skin called osteoderms.

最后，甲龙、剑龙和一些蜥脚类动物的皮肤中有骨头，称为骨皮层。

The knob is made up of enlarged, fused osteoderms, or bones found in the dinosaur's skin, that also form the group's signature body armor.

旋钮由扩大的融合骨皮或恐龙皮肤中的骨头组成，它们也构成了该组织标志性的防弹衣。

Some modern animals have osteoderms, like armadillos, crocodiles, and some lizards like the gila monster.

一些现代动物有骨质层，如犰狳、鳄鱼和一些蜥蜴，如毒蜥。

Although they might look similar, turtle shells are not osteoderms, and they form through a different process.

虽然它们看起来很相似，但龟壳不是骨皮，它们通过不同的过程形成。

Osteoderms are what give ankylosaurs and stegosaurs their spiky appearance.

骨皮是甲龙和剑龙具有尖锐外观的原因。

And, unlike their terrestrial relatives, true metriorhynchids had no osteoderms, which are bony structures in the skin that help provide protection and can help regulate body temperature.

而且，与它们的陆生亲属不同，真正的后嘴龙没有真皮，这是皮肤中的骨结构， 有助于提供保护并有助于调节体温。

But since it could have been used to store medullary bone, we think that the repetisaurus this osteoderm came from was female.

但由于它可能被用来储存髓质骨，我们认为这种骨皮来自的重复龙是雌性的。

And I have an example of an osteoderm from an Ankylosaurus here.

我这里有一个来自甲龙的骨板的例子。

In most cases, osteoderms were protective.

在大多数情况下，真皮层具有保护作用。