Paleontologists in the UK and Morocco have shed light on the appearance of the world's oldest armored dinosaur after they discovered rare fossils that reveal its bizarre, spike-covered body. The ...

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 ...

A dinosaur that roamed modern-day Morocco more than 165 million years ago had a neck covered in three-foot long spikes, a weapon on its tail and bony body armor, according to researchers who unearthed ...

A dinosaur fossil found in Morocco may be the most bizarrely and elaborately armoured vertebrate that has ever walked the planet. The first fossil of Spicomellus afer was discovered in Morocco and ...

With its bizarre 'punk rocker' spikes, this newly discovered dinosaur could have been equally at home in the 1970s as the Cretaceous era. Spicomellus is the world's oldest ankylosaur, having roamed ...

Scientists have unearthed the remains of a heavily armoured dinosaur, complete with rib spikes, a bony neck collar and a tail that may have doubled as a weapon. The fossil, discovered in Morocco’s ...

Discovered during the 2022 field season, “Spike” is a sub-adult dino that roamed the Earth approximately 68 million years ago. He measures just over six feet tall (199.5 cm) and comprises ...

(CNN) — Around 165 million years ago on a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco lived one of the most extreme dinosaurs on record, lavishly adorned with armor and spikes – some about three feet ...

This dinosaur previously was known only from a single rib fragment described in 2021 before these fossils were found in 2022 and 2023. Its back was covered in short spikes, owing to ribs with spikes ...