One of the “strangest dinosaurs” ever discovered had elaborate armour including spikes of up to a metre-long projecting out of its neck, fossils have revealed. Spicomellus, the world’s oldest ...

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 ...

A dinosaur dubbed one of the "strangest" ever found boasted an elaborate armory of long bony spikes and a tail weapon, according to findings published in the science journal Nature. Spicomellus, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 long - ...