†Spicomellus afer Maidment et al. 2021 (ankylosaur)
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Full reference: S. C. R. Maidment, S. J. Strachan, D. Ouarhache, T. M. Scheyer, E. E. Brown, V. Fernandez, Z. Johanson, T. J. Raven, and P. M. Barrett. 2021. Bizarre dermal armour suggests the first African ankylosaur. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5:1576-1581
Belongs to Spicomellus according to S. C. R. Maidment et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMUK PV R37412, a set of postcrania (a partial rib bearing four co-ossified spines). Its type locality is Boulahfa, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial mixed carbonate-siliciclastic/siltstone in the El Mers III Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Boulahfa
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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