including possible fossilized skin impressions

its importance lies in its role as one of the earliest known nodosaurids

specifically in the region of Siberia

coastal scrub

Minmi paravertebra Falcatus including possible fossilized skin impressionsMinmi paravertebra was a small armored dinosaur that inhabited what is now Australia during the Early Cretaceous, approximately 119 to 113 million years ago. It is one of the earliest and most complete representatives of ankylosaurs discovered in Gondwana, and its discovery has been key to understanding the early evolution of armored dinosaurs in the Southern Hemisphere. Its specific name, paravertebra , refers to a unique feature: the presence of