Boffins unearth terrifying dinosaur which had 'battle-axe weaponised tail'
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dailystar.co.ukdinosaur with a bizarre but menacing armoured tail resembling a battle axe roamed the earth 75 million years ago, boffins have discovered.
Scientists analysing fossils found in Chile discovered the new species which measured around measured around 6.5 feet (two metres) long with a 'weaponised' tail unlike ones seen in any other creatures at the time.
The four-legged herbivore, named Stegouros elengassen, is thought to have used its tail as a form of defence to fend off other predatory dinosaurs by swinging it from side-to-side.Researchers said the 'well preserved and mostly complete' fossils of the dinosaur were unearthed in the Magallanes province in Patagonia, Chile’s southernmost region.
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