Unable to crack her victim's tough armor, all she manages to walk away with is a bony scute.

由于无法击破牺牲品坚固的盔甲，它试图带着这个骨盾离开。

Like the glyptodont, they are covered in a layer of bony scutes.

和雕齿兽一样，犰狳的身上也覆盖着一层骨鳞。

The outer layer of skin cells produces the scales, known as scutes, that cover the carapace.

最外层的皮肤细胞长成鳞甲，将背甲覆盖住。

The scutes, around 2,000 of them, once formed the shell of a huge animal called the glyptodont.

雕齿兽这种大型动物的外壳上就曾经有着2000片左右的骨鳞。

The most recent theory is that stegosaurs had scutes because … they just looked awesome.

最近的理论是剑龙长有鳞片是因为… … 它们看起来棒极了。

For a long time, it was argued that the scutes were there for thermoregulation.

很长一段时间，有人认为盾牌是用来调节体温的。

Now you might also think that the scutes were defensive.

现在你可能还认为盾牌是防御性的。

Now, by far the most recognizable parts of a stegosaurid are the bony plates along its back, often called scutes.

现在，到目前为止， 剑龙科动物最容易辨认的部分是其背部的骨板，通常称为盾片。

In the 1970s, researchers found tubes running through some fossilized scutes, and thought that they may have circulated blood through the plates to radiate heat.

在 20 世纪 70 年代， 研究人员发现管子穿过一些盾牌化石，并认为它们可能通过板循环血液以散发热量。

The idea was that over time, the scutes found in pareiasaurs could have fused into a solid protective layer, eventually combining with the ribs to form a shell.

这个想法是， 随着时间的推移， 在翼龙身上发现的盾片可能已经融合成一个坚固的保护层，最终与肋骨结合形成一个外壳。