Species
Valid Extinct

Spicomellus afer

Maidment et al. 2021

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Ankylosauria Unranked clade
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Spicomellus Genus
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Spicomellus afer Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Geological formations
El Mers III
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
S. C. R. Maidment, S. J. Strachan, and D. Ouarhache, T. M. Scheyer, E. E. Brown, V. Fernandez, Z. Johanson, T. J. Raven, P. M. Barrett. 2021. Bizarre dermal armour suggests the first African ankylosaur. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5:1576-1581 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
S. C. R. Maidment, S. J. Strachan, and D. Ouarhache, T. M. Scheyer, E. E. Brown, V. Fernandez, Z. Johanson, T. J. Raven, P. M. Barrett. 2021. Bizarre dermal armour suggests the first African ankylosaur. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5:1576-1581 DOI ↗