Ankylosaurus
The ankylosaurus is a huge squat dinosaur covered in thick bony plates and spikes.12 They live alone, in pairs, or in herds of up to a dozen creatures.3[citation needed]
Ankylosauruses are herbivores but tend to stand their ground when threatened and are ill-tempered with any trespassers on their territory. In combat, an ankylosaurus uses the bony end of its powerful tail as a club. If it flees, smaller creatures in their path are likely to be trampled. The bony and spiked hide of an ankylosaurus grants it a small number of natural predators, as it discourages larger creatures from biting it.12
A typical specimen is 30 feet long, 10 feet wide, and weighs more than 6,000 pounds (over 3 tons).12
Variants
Ankylosauruses are the biggest of the heavily armored dinosaur family called ankylosaurids, like the smaller and weaker pinacosaurus at 16-foot long. Ankylosaurids usually have black, brown, and gray skin.1
Society
In captivity, stewards of ankylosauruses might paint their scales to display their ownership.1
On distant worlds
Ankylosaurs were among the specimens collected from the planet Castrovel by the Androffan spaceship Divinity before it crashed into Golarion during the Rain of Stars. The creatures were kept in a stasis lab in Habitat Pod 1 as part of a larger collection of Castrovelian life forms.4
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 . “Monsters A-Z” in Bestiary, 97. Paizo Inc., 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 . “Dinosaur” in Monster Core, 98–99. Paizo Inc., 2024
- ↑ . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary, 83. Paizo Inc., 2009
- ↑ . “The Divinity Drive” in The Divinity Drive, 21. Paizo Inc., 2015
External links
- Ankylosaurus (extinct real-world animal) on Wikipedia
