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Dinosaur: Spicomellus afer
Period
Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Bathonian-Callovian
Years: 168.2–161.5 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Maidment et al.
Year: 2021
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Morocco
Region: Fès-Meknès
Formation: El Mers III
Locations
Sources
Material: Rib with spiked dermal armour.
References: Maidment, Susannah C. R.; Strachan, Sarah J.; Ouarhache, Driss; Scheyer, Torsten M.; Brown, Emily E.; Fernandez, Vincent; Johanson, Zerina; Raven, Thomas J.; Barrett, Paul M. (2021). "Bizarre dermal armour suggests the first African ankylosaur".
