Abstract
Imagine stepping into a time machine and messing with the controls until you find someplace interesting to go. Your destination? Morocco, 165 million years ago. You arrive and look around at vast floodplains stretching far across the horizon; flat land cut through by mighty rivers. In the distance, you see something, a creature unlike any you’ve ever seen before. It looks straight out of a sci-fi movie. It seems almost like a reptilian tank, with huge spikes on its neck and hips. The dinosaur looks towards you, then turns away to look for food. You have just come face to face with Spicomellus afer, the “African collar with spikes” (Maidment et al., 2021).
Recommended Citation
Nam, Bryan
(2025)
"Spicomellus The Jurassic Enigma,"
Osmosis Magazine: Vol. 2025:
Iss.
2, Article 14.
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/osmosis/vol2025/iss2/14