Dinosaur “punk rock” with pronounced meter spikes

Scientists have discovered a bizarre armored dinosaur, which had numerous spikes protruding from the neck.

The view called Spicomellus AferHe lived 165 million years ago, and is the oldest example of a group of armored dinosaurs called Ancalazorov.

The accuracy and expulsion of the animal found in Morocco became a shock to experts who now have to reconsider how these armadank dinosaurs developed.

Professor Richard Butler of Birmingham, who conducted a study, told BBC News that it was a “punk roker” of his time.

Punk rock is a subculture and musical style that first appeared in the 1970s. Its followers often have moody hair and accessories.

“This is one of the most amazing dinosaurs that if they discovered,” said Professor Butler.

Co -chairman of Professor Batler, Professor Susano Pacov from the Museum of Natural Sciences, added that it was strange that the spikes were merged directly to the bone.

“We do not see this in any other animal, alive or extinct,” she said.

“It is absolutely covered with truly strange spikes and projections throughout the back of the animal, including a bone collar that wraps around the neck and some weapons at the end of the tail, so the most unusual dinosaur,” she said.

The opening is so unusual that two teachers are considering the question of whether the opening can rethink the theories about how ankylosaurus developed.

These animals survived at the end of the time when the dinosaurs were on the ground, in a period known as chalk. It was 145 to 66 million years ago.

At the end of this period, the appearance of large predators, such as T Rex, so it was thought that Ankyzarazara started with simple small armored plates on the back, which then became more and wider to protect themselves from these large beasts, Professor Butler believes.

“If you asked me what I would expect that the oldest famous Ankylosaurus looked like I would say something with rather simple armor,” he said BBC News.

“Instead, we have an animal, drowning with spikes like a hedgehog, the most bizarre armor, which we found in any animal, far beyond the armor, which we saw in the later ankylosaera.”

The researchers lack the skeleton to be confident in the proportions of the animal, but they estimated that it would be about four meters long and one meter high, weighing about two tons.

The discovery causes the possibility that the ankylosari started with perfect armor in the earlier period of dinosaurs, known as Jurassic, which has developed tens of millions of years to become simpler and possibly more functional, reports Prof.

“What we think is that it may actually be used to demonstrate these structures, and only later in chalk colors, when we begin to see gigantic dinosaurs with huge jaws and defeated bites that they actually needed to co-op as a body’s display structures.”

The opening was made by a local farmer in the modern Moroccan city of Buleman. It was the first ankylosaurus to be found on the African continent. Professor Butler recalls the moment when he first saw the fossil.

“It was a jaw that sank into the spine, perhaps the most exciting in my career. It was immediately clear that this animal was much more amazing than we imagined, and that it was enough for us to understand it,” he said.

Professor Dris Uarhash, who headed the Morocan team that participated in the studies, from the University of Sidi Mohammed Ben, said: “This study helps to bring out Moroccan science. We have never seen such dinosaurs before, and there are many more that the region can offer.”

The study was Posted in Nature magazine.

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