What I think everyone can agree on is that stegosaurids are famous for good reason.

我认为每个人都能同意的是，剑龙科动物出名是有充分理由的。

Now, by far the most recognizable parts of a stegosaurid are the bony plates along its back, often called scutes.

现在，到目前为止， 剑龙科动物最容易辨认的部分是其背部的骨板，通常称为盾片。

Not all stegosaurids had thagomizers, but for those that did, like Stegosaurus and Kentrosaurus, fossil evidence suggests they were verrry effective weapons.

并非所有的剑龙科动物都有触骨器，但对于那些有触骨器的动物， 如剑龙和肯特罗龙，化石证据表明它们是非常有效的武器。

And when I interviewed Dr. Robert Bakker, the researcher who studied the Wyoming Allosaurus, he assured me that thagomizer is an accepted term for a stegosaurid's spiky tail.

当我采访研究怀俄明异特龙的研究员罗伯特·巴克 (Robert Bakker) 博士时，他向我保证，thagomizer 是剑龙科动物尖尾的公认术语。