
Why is Diamantinasaurus always depicted so densely armoured and bulky?
So yeah, just wondering why so many old depictions of Diamantinasaurus reconstruct it so bulky and heavily armoured. I assume the horizontal inclination is just a holdover from the WWD diplodocus craze. But was there any particular reason why it was reconstructed like this? Is this level of bulk and armour still likely? So many questions.
Credit to the documentary Australia: A Time Traveller's Guide for the pic btw.