A dig in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco, near the tiny town of Boulemane, has turned up that rarest of quarries: a 13-foot-long dinosaur, Spicomellus afer, which has anatomical features that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist's impression of Spicomellus Afer. Spicomellus isn’t just another ankylosaur—it’s a Jurassic showpiece with some of the most ...

Paleontologists have uncovered Spicomellus afer, the oldest known armored dinosaur, in Morocco’s Middle Jurassic rocks. This ...

The earliest ankylosaur on the fossil record sported the most extreme adornments ever seen in a vertebrate animal, even other ankylosaurs. Spicomellus afer, which lived during the Middle Jurassic more ...

The world's most unusual dinosaur is even stranger than first realized. Research published in Nature reports that Spicomellus afer had a tail weapon more than 30 million years before any other ...

Researchers have discovered a fossil in Morocco of a dinosaur species that roamed the plains of northern Africa at least 165 million years ago, featuring a dangerous tail and "extreme" armor. A group ...

In the heart of the Middle Atlas Mountains in central Morocco, a global team of paleontologists and geologists has discovered ...

Spicomellus lived 165 million years ago during Jurassic It was roughly 13 feet (4 meters) long and weighed 1-2 tons Spicomellus is a member of the ankylosaur dinosaur group Aug 27 (Reuters) - Around ...

You think you know a dinosaur, and then it turns out it had 3-foot spikes protruding from its neck, a weapon on its tail and extravagant armor. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Scientists have discovered a bizarre armoured dinosaur “punk-dock” that has got everyone buzzing. The 165 million years old creature was discovered in Morocco Atlas Mountains, called Spicomellus afer.

Armor Beyond Imagination Spicomellus wore armor like no other dinosaur. Long, blade-like spikes erupted from its ribs, fused so tightly to the bone that they became part of the skeleton itself. Across ...