1522 - Museum Grade Unique Spicomellus afer Oldest Ankylosaurian Dinosaur Tooth - El Mers Fm Illaenus schmidti Morocco in August 2019 by

Morocco in August 2019 by Juan Avilés Poblador on behalf of UAlic

This specimen has some restorations (filled fractures) between the crown and the root

Observations: Extremely rare Ordovician Trilobite species

Environments: reef

Impressive tooth from the giant sawfish Onchopristis numidus

1522 - Museum Grade Unique Spicomellus afer Oldest Ankylosaurian Dinosaur Tooth - El Mers Fm Illaenus schmidti Morocco in August 2019 byScientific name: Spicomellus afer (Maidment et al., 2021) Ankylosaurian Dinosaur Tooth Location: Boulemane, Atlas Mountains, Morocco Geological Formation: El Mers Fm = Guettioua Fm Age: Middle Jurassic, Bathonian Callovian, 167. 7164. 7 Ma Size: 1cm Matrix: 2,9cm Ref: 1522 Spicomellus (meaning "collar of spikes") is an extinct genus of herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived in the supercontinent Gondwana during the Middle Jurassic Period. The