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List of animals featuring external asymmetry
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that doesn't feel properly asymmetric to me, it's just "well one side has to have the first plate". Like yeah technically but that's not the spirit of the term.
When i hear "asymmetric" i think stuff like flounders.
Other dinosaurs have symmetrical plates down their back, like the Kentrosaurus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentrosaurus