World’s oldest armored dinosaur had bizarre 3-foot neck spikes fused to its skeleton
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Newly discovered fossils of Spicomellus afer, the oldest armored dinosaur, reveal 3.2-foot neck spikes fused to its skeleton, unique rib spikes, and a tail weapon, predating previous ankylosaur tail weapon estimates by 30 million years.
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