Discovering a 'bizarre' new dinosaur | University of Birmingham

A spiked dinosaur from Morocco is rewriting the story of evolution. Spicomellus afer - the oldest known ankylosaur - had metre-long spikes fused to its bones, a feature never seen before.
Discover how this bizarre fossil is changing science and spotlighting Africa’s role in palaeontology.

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Artist's impression of Spicomellus Afer (Credit: Matt Dempsey)