Keywords: Dinosaurs


Morocco uncovers Spicomellus afer: a dinosaur rewriting evolutionary history

A groundbreaking fossil discovery in Morocco has revealed the remains of Spicomellus afer, an extraordinary dinosaur that lived over 165 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic period near present-day Boulemane. This heavily armored herbivore is not only the oldest ankylosaur ever identified but......

Oldest turiasaurian dinosaur fossils discovered in Morocco’s Middle Atlas Mountains

Scientists have uncovered three fossilized dinosaur teeth in Morocco’s Middle Atlas Mountains, marking the oldest evidence of turiasaurian sauropods in mainland Africa. The discovery, made in the Middle Jurassic El Mers III Formation near Boulemane, dates back approximately 168 million years. This......

Unearthing Lost Worlds: New Discoveries Illuminate Africa's Dynamic Dinosaur Diversity

A team of international paleontologists, spearheaded by Dr. Nour-Eddine Jalil of Morocco, has unearthed compelling new evidence revealing the previously underestimated abundance and variety of dinosaurs that once inhabited North Africa. Excavations of marine deposits in Morocco's Oulad Abdoun basin......