Adratiklit

mountain lizard

• adrar · Berber (Amazigh) · mountain
• tiklit · Berber (Amazigh) · lizard

The name comes from Berber (Amazigh) words meaning "mountain" and "lizard". It refers to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, where the fossils were found. It is a stegosaur, and it is one of the earliest known members of the group. It is also the first stegosaur described from North Africa.

Named by

Maidment et al.

Year named

2020

Period

Middle Jurassic

Stage

Bathonian

Found in

Middle Atlas, near Boulahfa, Morocco

Valid stegosaurian dinosaur. The type species is Adratiklit boulahfa. The exact Berber root spelling and the formation name are given from memory, so treat them with some caution.