A new study reveals that fossils found in Morocco's El Mers III Formation are the oldest known Cerapodan dinosaurs, dating back to the Middle Jurassic, around 163 to 174 million years ago.

The world's oldest known ceratopsian dinosaur was found in Morocco, including a fossilized ... marking it as the oldest body fossil of a ceratopsian ever discovered. While fossilized footprints ...

An ancient cerapodan dinosaur fossil discovered in Morocco has been identified as the oldest of its kind, shedding light on the early evolution of these herbivorous dinosaurs. Unearthed in the El ...

Morocco. The team wrote in the study paper that this “specimen represents the world’s oldest cerapodan.” The fossil dates back approximately 168 million years to the Bathonian stage of the ...