Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis Scale:1:35 The discovery of Spicomellus afer

The discovery of Spicomellus afer has had a major impact on paleontology because it demonstrates that ankylosaurs were already diversified in the Middle Jurassic

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" not a giant squid

terrestre y de movimientos relativamente lentos

Unlike many later ceratopsians that were obligate quadrupeds

Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis Scale:1:35 The discovery of Spicomellus aferMamenchisaurus hochuanensis is a sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (approx. 160 million years ago), belonging to the Mamenchisauridae clade, described from fossil remains found in the Shaximiao Formation, in Sichuan Province (China). This taxon is particularly known for having one of the proportionately longest necks among known terrestrial vertebrates, constituting an extreme case of cervical elongation within sauropods. From a biometric point