Ankylosaurs are covered in bony plates, which are effective protection against predators. Some had bony tail clubs that could be used as weapons, too.
Armadillo
They are actually covered in bony plates and NOT in scales.
shrimp lobster seahorse
An armadillo.
A burrowing animal covered with bony plates that act as armor is called an armadillo. In Spanish, the word "armadillo" means "little armored one".
where bony plates growth zone is found in..
Fish. Not the fish you're used to though. They'd be jawless and sometimes covered in bony armor plates.
armadillos are from tropical america and are covered with bony plates
You might be a fish from the Placoderm group. Placoderms were an extinct fish group known for their armor-like bony plates covering their bodies, providing protection. They existed during the Paleozoic era, from around 430 to 360 million years ago.
Stegosaurus had bony plates on its back and tail.
Their 'skin' is made of a layer of bony plates (not really skin then). These bony plates are really just modified scales. They cannot be shed.
In echinoderms, such as starfish, an ossicle is a bony plate providing structure and protection. It is covered by an epidermis and considered part of the hard endoskeleton where the bony (calcite) plates (ossicles) are connected by collagen fibers.