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theweaselking, Palaeos Vertebrates: Glossary Ta - Th:
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Thagomizer: this started out as a Far Side joke, but has now more or less become a part of the serious anatomical literature. The thagomizer is the, otherwise difficult to describe, collection of spikes at the end of a stegosaurid's tail. It is named after the late ThagIs that for real?