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{{short description|Spiked structure on the tails of dinosaurs of the family Stegosauria}}

[[File:Thagomizer.png|thumb|250px|right|alt=A cartoon of a group of cavemen. One points at a diagram of a dinosaur's tail with four spikes. The caption reads, "Now, this end is called the thagomizer...after the late Thag Simmons."|This ''[[The Far Side|Far Side]]'' cartoon is the source of the term ''thagomizer''.]]

[[File:Thagomizer.tif|thumb|BestThe best known evidence for the use of the thagomizer as a defensive weapon is this ''Allosaurus'' tail (caudal) [[vertebra]] showing a punctured [[process (anatomy)|process]]. The hole perfectly matches a thagomizer spike.<ref name="Carpenter Sanders"/>]]

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}