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 (one meter ...

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 ...

Spicomellus featured a ring of neck spikes that grew up to three feet long. The dinosaur also featured large, upward-growing spikes over its hips, an array of blade-like spikes down its torso, and ...

Distinctive fused tail vertebrae suggested that Spicomellus possessed a weapon at the end of its tail. Around 165 million years ago, on a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco lived one of the ...