it used its spikes so that he could defend him self
This type of dinosaur is called a Stegosaurus
I did some looking and I did not find any relatives of Stegosaurus with plates but no tail spikes. The tail spikes, or thagomizers, were used as weapons for self defense against predators.
You are referring to Stegosaurus. Stegosaurus was a slow, herbivorous dinosaur that had two rows of plates on its back, and four spikes on its tail as a self defense weapon.
the stegosaurus tail had 4 spikes, so it can use it for deffence.
Stegosaurus is a genus of armored dinosaur.
Stegosaurus? Stegosaurus?
Stegosaurs had tail spikes called thagomizers. By swinging its tail at an enemy, it could wound it or chase it away.
There were four spikes at the end of a Stegosaurus's tail that it used as a weapon for self defense. The spikes are called thagomizers.
That would describe the Stegosaurus a thyreophoran dinosaur.
There were probably 4 spikes.
Shunosaurus had a round spiked tail. Stegosaurus, also had a tail with four large spikes.
The stegosaurus had up to 4 large spikes on its tail.