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Adratiklit

Say it: ad-RA-tik-lit

Name means: “mountain lizard”1

Ate: PlantsPlated dinosMiddle Jurassic

Adratiklit was a plated dinosaur that lived in what is now Morocco. It is the oldest stegosaur ever found, and the first one discovered in North Africa. This dinosaur had bony plates and spines along its back and tail.1 2

Lived

168 to 162 million years ago7

Middle Jurassic

Fossils found in

Boulemane area, Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco1

Food

Plants3

Length

up to 7 m4 5

estimate

Weight

up to 2 tonnes5

estimate

Height

up to 2 m5

at the hips

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

How long was it?

How tall was it?

at the hips

How heavy was it?

as heavy as 1.5 cars

as long as 7 dogs nose to tailas long as 39 bananas end to endas heavy as 67 big dogsas heavy as 400 watermelonsabout as tall as a door

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Fun facts

Adratiklit is the oldest definite stegosaur known anywhere in the world.1 2

It lived during the Middle Jurassic, about 168 to 161 million years ago.3

Adratiklit is more closely related to European stegosaurs like Dacentrurus and Miragaia than to African ones like Kentrosaurus.1 2

Its fossils were found in the El Mers III Formation in Morocco.3

The name Adratiklit means 'mountain lizard' in the Berber language.1

Only a few bones have been found, including vertebrae from the neck and back.1

AI-made picture of Adratiklit — An AI-made picture of how Adratiklit might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Adratiklit

?How big was Adratiklit?

About 7 metres (23 ft) long. Its upper arm bone was 61 cm (24 in) long.4

?What did Adratiklit eat?

It was an herbivore, meaning it ate plants.6

?When did Adratiklit live?

It lived during the Middle Jurassic, about 168 to 161 million years ago.6

?Where was Adratiklit found?

Its fossils were found in the El Mers III Formation near Boulemane in north Morocco.4

?Is Adratiklit a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a stegosaurian dinosaur, a type of plated dinosaur.4

?Why is Adratiklit important?

It is the oldest definite stegosaur ever found and the first stegosaur discovered in North Africa.6

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For dino experts

Scientific name: Adratiklit
Named by: Maidment et al. 20207
Group: Plated dinos
Family / clade: Stegosauridae7
Classification: Ornithischia > Stegosauria > Thyreophora7
Age of the rocks: 168 to 162 million years (Bathonian / Callovian)7
Rock formations: El Mers III7
Countries: Morocco7
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database7
Discovery: Adratiklit was named by Susannah Maidment and colleagues in 2020, based on fossils found in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco.3 1
Still debated: Scientists are not sure how big Adratiklit was, because only a few bones have been found.1

Where the facts come from

North Africa's first stegosaur: Implications for Gondwanan thyreophoran dinosaur diversity (sciencedirect.com)
North Africa's first stegosaur: Implications for Gondwanan thyreophoran dinosaur diversity (nhm.openrepository.com)
PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
Adratiklit (en.wikipedia.org)
Adratiklit boulahfa - Beschreibung, Dinodata.de (dinodata.de)
The oldest stegosaur ever has been discovered in Morocco | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Adratiklit in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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