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Stagonolepis was a Late Triassic aetosaur, a group of armored, plant-eating pseudosuchians on the crocodile-line of archosaurs. Stagonolepis was the first aetosaur ever described, from bony scales Louis Agassiz mistook for a fish. Very much not a fish, Stagonolepis had complex armor and a blunt, upturned pig-like snout. While long assumed to be plant-eaters, recent research has suggested aetosaurs may have pursued a more omnivorous diet. The skeletal below has the armor removed, so you can see more of the underlying bones.
Without armor
