DinoFact
Dinosaur Horns, Spikes and Armour
Facts about armoured dinosaurs and their horns, spikes, plates, frills and tail clubs.
- Ceratosaurus had a horn on its nose.
- Yinlong was an early horned dinosaur.
- Triceratops means 'three-horned face'.
- The name Stegoceras means 'roof horn'.
- Triceratops had three horns on its face.
- Stegosaurus had pointy spikes on its tail.
- Polacanthus was a spiky armoured dinosaur.
- Prenoceratops was a small horned dinosaur.
- The name Sauropelta means 'lizard shield'.
- Stegosaurus had bony plates along its back.
- Brachyceratops was a small horned dinosaur.
- The name Plateosaurus means 'broad lizard'.
- Graciliceratops was a small horned dinosaur.
- The name Ceratosaurus means 'horned lizard'.
- The name Kentrosaurus means 'spiked lizard'.
- Some dinosaurs had spikes on their shoulders.
- Nasutoceratops had long horns and a big nose.
- The name Styracosaurus means 'spiked lizard'.
- Iguanodon had a sharp thumb spike for defence.
- Rajasaurus was a horned meat-eater from India.
- Wuerhosaurus was a plated dinosaur from China.
- Europelta was an armoured dinosaur from Spain.
- The name Borealopelta means 'northern shield'.
- Some dinosaurs had horns longer than your arm.
- Animantarx was a slow-moving armoured dinosaur.
- Monkonosaurus was a plated dinosaur from Tibet.
- Yamaceratops was a small early horned dinosaur.
- A swinging tail club could keep predators away.
- The name Triceratops means 'three-horned face'.
- The name Zuniceratops means 'Zuni horned face'.
- The name Avaceratops means 'Ava's horned face'.
- Some dinosaurs had bumpy horns over their eyes.
- The name Yamaceratops means 'Yama horned face'.
- The name Mojoceratops means 'mojo horned face'.
- The name Utahceratops means 'Utah horned face'.
- Chasmosaurus had a very large frill on its head.
- Kentrosaurus had spikes along its back and tail.
- The name Pentaceratops means 'five-horned face'.
- The name Bagaceratops means 'small horned face'.
- The name Anchiceratops means 'near horned face'.
- The name Xenoceratops means 'alien horned face'.
- Some dinosaurs grew spikes taller than a person.
- Some dinosaurs had armour even on their eyelids.
- Triceratops had a big bony frill around its neck.
- Panoplosaurus was a heavily armoured plant-eater.
- Stygimoloch had spikes around its bony dome head.
- Triceratops had three horns and a big bony frill.
- Tuojiangosaurus was a plated dinosaur from China.
- The name Protoceratops means 'first horned face'.
- The name Bactrosaurus means 'club-spined lizard'.
- The name Auroraceratops means 'dawn horned face'.
- The name Koreaceratops means 'Korea horned face'.
- Plateosaurus was an early long-necked plant-eater.
- Styracosaurus had a frill ringed with long spikes.
- Chungkingosaurus was a plated dinosaur from China.
- Fossils of Plateosaurus have been found in Europe.
- The name Kosmoceratops means 'ornate horned face'.
- Some dinosaurs had bony frills around their necks.
- The name Diabloceratops means 'devil horned face'.
- The name Regaliceratops means 'royal horned face'.