Extreme armour in the world's oldest ankylosaur.

Maidment SCR, Ouarhache D, Ech-Charay K, Oussou A, Boumir K, El Khanchoufi A, Park A, Meade LE, Woodruff DC, Wills S, Smith M, Barrett PM, Butler RJ

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09453-6
Published: 2025 Nov
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41586-025-09453-6,
  title = {Extreme armour in the world's oldest ankylosaur.},
  author = {Maidment SCR and Ouarhache D and Ech-Charay K and Oussou A and Boumir K and El Khanchoufi A and Park A and Meade LE and Woodruff DC and Wills S and Smith M and Barrett PM and Butler RJ},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Nature},
  doi = {10.1038/s41586-025-09453-6},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09453-6}
}

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SCR, M., D, O., K, E., A, O., K, B., A, E. K., A, P., LE, M., DC, W., S, W., M, S., PM, B., & RJ, B. (2025). Extreme armour in the world's oldest ankylosaur.. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09453-6

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