Adratiklit fossil map
Where fossils of Adratiklit have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 160 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 160 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Stegosaurs & ankylosaurs |
|---|---|
| Lived | 168.2–161.5 million years ago (Bathonian to Callovian) |
| Periods | Jurassic |
| Family | Stegosauridae |
| Named by | Maidment et al. 2020 |
| Fossil records | 1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Morocco |
| Rock formations | El Mers III |
About Adratiklit
Adratiklit (meaning "mountain lizard") is an extinct genus of stegosaurian dinosaur that lived on the supercontinent Gondwana during the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian age). The genus contains a single species, Adratiklit boulahfa. Its remains were found in the El Mers III Formation, near Boulemane in north Morocco.
Eurypodan dinosaurs, in particular stegosaurs, were diverse and abundant in Laurasia (nowadays the northern continents) during the Jurassic, but their remains are extremely rare in deposits of Gondwana, (nowadays the southern continents). Nevertheless, the existence of fragmentary remains and trackways in the deposits of Gondwana indicate the presence of eurypodan taxa there. Adratiklit is the first described eurypodan taxon from North Africa, as well as—along with Thyreosaurus—one of the oldest known stegosaurs (being similar in age to Bashanosaurus, Isaberrysaura, and the informally-named "Ferganastegos").
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Adratiklit (revision 1369635626), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q66553039.
