"Scientists have discovered a bizarre armoured dinosaur which had metre-long spikes sticking out from its neck.

The species, called Spicomellus afer, lived 165 million years ago, and is the oldest example of a group of armoured dinosaurs called ankylosaurs.

The elaborateness and spikiness of the animal found in Morocco has come as a shock to experts, who now have to rethink how these armoured dinosaurs evolved."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y2emnnn4po

#Dinosaurs #Fossils #Ankylosaurs

Love the term 'punk rock dinosaur'...
...would make a cool album title!

'Punk rock' dinosaur with metre-long spikes discovered:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2emnnn4po

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #Dinosaur #Ankylosaurs #PunkRock #Paleontology

#dinosaur #footprints #fossils #ankylosaurs

“ For the first time, footprints of armored dinosaurs with tail clubs have been identified, following discoveries made in the Canadian Rockies. The 100-million-year-old fossilized footprints were found at sites at both Tumbler Ridge, BC, and northwestern Alberta.”

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-footprints-tail-clubbed-armored-dinosaurs.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=67a9e45a914c92e76704071d

Today's gym sketch, an Ankylosaurus guardian monk!

#furry #furryart #furryfandom #furryartist #sfw #sfwfurryart #scalie #scalies #dinosaur #dinosaurs #fantasy #dnd #rpg #oc #adopt #adoptable #ankylosaurs #pen #sketch #sketchbook

Borealopelta is a very cool fossil. The Wikipedia article has some great pictures of the holotype, along with some information about how it was found and why it is so well preserved. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borealopelta

Ankylosaurs are the best.

#paleoart #dinosaurs #ankylosaurs

Zuul crurivastator, the destroyer of shins. This time with colors.

#paleoart #dinosaurs #ankylosaurs #sketchbook #watercolor

Gamedev people! I present you the best character creation process! Marvel at this view

#gamedev #ankylosaurs #dinosaurs #zuul #CharacterDesign #CharacterArt

Introducing Patagopelta cristata https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2022/12/16/introducing-patagopelta-cristata/ by @Ferwen

Phylogenetic analysis recovered #Patagopelta within #Nodosaurinae, along with other mid-#Cretaceous nodosaurids from North America. These results support the proposal that South American #ankylosaurs may have migrated from North America during the Late Cretaceous. The small size of Patagopelta is linked to some event of #dwarfism as in the case of #Struthiosaurus from the #Haţeg Island.