Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Spicomellus Spicomellus afer Maidment et al. 2021
/spˈɪkəmˌɛləs/
estimated
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) · 168.2–161.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Morocco
Region
Fès-Meknes
Formation
El Mers III
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Spicomellus afer is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic, roughly 168.2–161.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Fès-Meknes, Morocco. It was named by Maidment et al. 2021. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Spicomellus afer sits in deep time
Spicomellus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Spicomellus afer's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.