<Not quite a horny plate, but it has adaptations that imply it's a bit more cursorial than the average ankylosaurian> - DE
<One thing the proportions of *Liaoningosaurus* and *Minmi* and their belly armor do not show is cursorial or sub-cursorial inclinations ... these animals are mediportal.> - JH
I think Ralph Molnar suggested that the paravertebrae sported by *Minmi* may have been there to support the belly armour while running, (i've read also that *Minmi*'s limb proportions in the Marathon Station specimen supported the idea of it running) so that was kind of what i was getting at - using the word "cursorial" was probably a bit much hehe...
Did *Liaoningosaurus* or any polacanthid have something similar to *Minmi*'s paravertebrae to maybe carry the weight of armour on it's underside?