It shows that even in the Jurassic, dinosaurs were experimenting with forms that blurred the line between show and survival. For paleontologists, it’s also a reminder that one fossil can overturn long ...

Spicomellus afer, a newly analyzed Jurassic ankylosaur from Morocco, is overturning scientists’ understanding of dinosaur evolution. Unlike any other known creature, it carried a collar of meter-long ...

Ever heard of Spicomellus afer? It has been described as one of the more unusual dinosaurs, and new research has only further confirmed this. Recently discovered fossils have revealed that its entire ...

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 ...

For decades, paleontologists thought armored dinosaurs called ankylosaurs mostly roamed the Northern Hemisphere late in the Age of Dinosaurs. Their early history, especially during the Jurassic, was a ...