Scientific name: Spicomellus afer (Maidment et al., 2021) - Ankylosaurian Dinosaur - Tooth

Location: Boulemane, Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Geological Formation: El Mers Fm = Guettioua Fm

Age: Middle Jurassic, Bathonian-Callovian, 167.7–164.7 Ma

Size: 1cm - Matrix: 2,9cm

Ref: 1522

Spicomellus (meaning "collar of spikes") is an extinct genus of herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived in the supercontinent Gondwana during the Middle Jurassic Period. The genus name means "spiked collar", from the Latin 'spica' meaning spike, and 'mellum' meaning spiked dog collar and the specific name 'afer' means "the African".
Spicomellus is the second described eurypodan taxon from North Africa, after Adratiklit, and the oldest known ankylosaur from anywhere in the world.

Despite being a basal ankylosaurian, the preserved dermal spikes of the holotype were fused to the bone, which is a trait unique to Spicomellus and not known from any other vertebrate. Because the dermal spikes were fused to the bone instead of being attached to muscle tissue in all other ankylosaurs, this trait would probably have made it harder for the animal to move.

Though its exact size is unknown, it was likely comparable in size to other Middle Jurassic ankylosaurs like Sarcolestes and Tianchiasaurus. This puts our best size estimates for Spicomellus at no longer than 3 metres (9.8 ft) when fully grown.

Observations: This is an extremely rare specimen. The teeth of this Ankylosaurid have not yet been officially described. Only a few months ago, excavators have begun to extract the first teeth. Here is a magnificent example with a root and preserved in its natural matrix.

All our fossils comes with Certificate of Authenticity.

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Scientific name: Spicomellus afer (Maidment et al., 2021) - Ankylosaurian Dinosaur - Tooth

Location: Boulemane, Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Geological Formation: El Mers Fm = Guettioua Fm

Age: Middle Jurassic, Bathonian-Callovian, 167.7–164.7 Ma

Size: 1cm - Matrix: 2,9cm

Ref: 1522

Spicomellus (meaning "collar of spikes") is an extinct genus of herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived in the supercontinent Gondwana during the Middle Jurassic Period. The genus name means "spiked collar", from the Latin 'spica' meaning spike, and 'mellum' meaning spiked dog collar and the specific name 'afer' means "the African".
Spicomellus is the second described eurypodan taxon from North Africa, after Adratiklit, and the oldest known ankylosaur from anywhere in the world.

Despite being a basal ankylosaurian, the preserved dermal spikes of the holotype were fused to the bone, which is a trait unique to Spicomellus and not known from any other vertebrate. Because the dermal spikes were fused to the bone instead of being attached to muscle tissue in all other ankylosaurs, this trait would probably have made it harder for the animal to move.

Though its exact size is unknown, it was likely comparable in size to other Middle Jurassic ankylosaurs like Sarcolestes and Tianchiasaurus. This puts our best size estimates for Spicomellus at no longer than 3 metres (9.8 ft) when fully grown.

Observations: This is an extremely rare specimen. The teeth of this Ankylosaurid have not yet been officially described. Only a few months ago, excavators have begun to extract the first teeth. Here is a magnificent example with a root and preserved in its natural matrix.

All our fossils comes with Certificate of Authenticity.

Il venditore si racconta

Jurassic Dreams è il negozio online di fossili di dinosauro più grande al mondo, senza rivali come fonte più affidabile di esemplari fossili autentici. Siamo l'unico negozio di fossili online leader di proprietà di un esperto di paleontologia accreditato. Inoltre, abbiamo straordinari esemplari autentici di meteoriti provenienti da tutto l'universo. Con decine di specie diverse in stock, dai dinosauri, ai rettili, agli squali... i nostri clienti tornano ancora e ancora. Perché, in poche parole, la nostra garanzia a vita è imbattibile.
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Esemplare
Dente di dinosauro anchilosauro di qualità museale unico Spicomellus dopo - El Mers Fm
Periodo geologico
Giurassico, Medio (174,1 - 163,5 milioni di anni)
Condizione
Naturale

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