Scientists have announced the discovery of an extraordinarily unusual armored dinosaur named Spicomellus afer, which featured meter-long spikes protruding from its neck.

This finding, detailed in a study published today in the journal Nature, builds on initial fossils from 2021 and reveals new remains that confirm and expand our understanding of this creature.

The announcement has generated widespread excitement in the paleontology community, with experts describing it as one of the “strangest dinosaurs ever discovered” and a “punk rocker” of its era due to its elaborate, spiky armor.

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