Adratiklit

A-drat-e-klit.
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Emily Green

Paleobotanist

Emily Green brings the ancient world of plants to life through her insightful research and engaging writing. Her expertise lies in examining how prehistoric vegetation influenced climate patterns and animal evolution.

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Name

Adratiklit ‭(‬Mountain lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

A-drat-e-klit.

Named By

Susannah C.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Maidment,‭ ‬Thomas J.‭ ‬Raven,‭ ‬Driss Ouarhache,‭ ‬Paul M.‭ ‬Barrett‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Stegosauria,‭ ‬Stegosauridae,‭ ‬Dacentrurinae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

A.‭ ‬boulahfa‭

Size

Uncertain due to lack of overall remains.‭ ‬Humerus‭ ‬61‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

Morocco‭ ‬-‭ ‬El Mers II Formation.

Time Period

Bathonian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Scattered partial remains from several individuals,‭ ‬including vertebrae a humerus‭ (‬upper arm bone‭)‬.

In Depth

       Though known only from very few fossils,‭ ‬Adratiklit is the first known example of dacentrurine stegosaur from North Africa.‭ ‬At the time of naming however,‭ ‬we do not know other details such as the type and extent of plates and spikes that would have run down its back as the genus was named only from scattered vertebrae and a humerus.

       ‬Adratiklit is amongst the oldest stegosaurid genera so far known.‭

Further Reading

-‭ ‬North Africa’s first stegosaur:‭ ‬Implications for Gondwanan thyreophoran dinosaur diversity.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Gondwana Research.‭ ‬77:‭ ‬82‭–‬97.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Susannah C.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Maidment,‭ ‬Thomas J.‭ ‬Raven,‭ ‬Driss Ouarhache,‭ ‬Paul M.‭ ‬Barrett‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

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