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[–] LouisGarbuor@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Paleontology nerd here. There isn't an official term for the tail spikes, but thagomizer is pretty much an unoffcial official term.

[–] Denvil@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, whats the official term? If its just tail spikes I will be very disappointed

[–] LouisGarbuor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I just got the notification for this, sorry. There isn't a real official term other than tail spikes, but iirc thagomizer has been used in literature, such as this paper describing a new specimen of a stegosaur from Portugal and its impacts on the taxonomy of stegosaurs

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