Moroccan dinosaur's fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought—new discovery - Peer2Peer

Moroccan dinosaur's fearsome tail spikes evolved much earlier than we thought—new discovery

Apr 19, 2026

In the heart of the Middle Atlas Mountains in central Morocco, a global team of paleontologists 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.

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-moroccan-dinosaur-fearsome-tail-spikes.html

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