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plated dinosaur
Adratiklit
Say it like this: “AD-ruh-TIK-lit”
Adratiklit boulahfa
Adratiklit ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Middle Jurassic. Bones have been found in Morocco.
- When
- Middle Jurassic (Bathonian · Callovian) · roughly 168.2 to 161.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2020 · Maidment, S. C. R.; Raven, T. J.; Ouarhache, D.; Barrett, P. M.
- Hip height
- 1.7 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 7 m · 23 ft
- Weight
- 4 tonnes
- Found in
- Morocco · El Mers III
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- plated dinosaur · Stegosaur
- Family branch
- Dacentrurinae
The story in short
Adratiklit was formally named in 2020 by S. C. R. Maidment and colleagues. The name means “mountain lizard.”
It lived in the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian · Callovian), roughly 168.2 to 161.5 million years ago. Finds come from Morocco, including the El Mers III Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Adratiklit at a length near 7 m, hips about 1.7 m high, and a body mass around 4 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Dacentrurinae, among the plated dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Dacentrurus
Dacentrurus armatus
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Miragaia
Miragaia longicollum
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Thyreosaurus
Thyreosaurus atlasicus
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian · Callovian) · roughly 168.2 to 161.5 million years ago