Moroccan dinosaur’s fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought – new discovery

Moroccan dinosaur’s fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought – new discovery

In the heart of the Middle Atlas Mountains in central Morocco, a global team of palaeontologists and geologists has discovered new remains of a very unusual dinosaur. It belonged to the group called ankylosaurs, plant eaters whose bodies were covered in bony plates. The fossils reveal a heavily armoured dinosaur. It has distinctive outward-pointing spikes along its body. These fossils are now considered to represent the oldest known ankylosaur r…