Gargoyleosaurus

Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum

Gargoyleosaurus — reconstrução científica

Gargoyleosaurus foi um anquilossauro herbívoro do Jurássico, descrito por Carpenter et al.. Viveu há aproximadamente 155.0-150.0 milhões de anos, na região do que hoje é América do Norte (EUA). Medindo de 3.0-4.0 m, pesando 300-500 kg, era um representante característico da fauna mesozoica.

Gargoyleosaurus (meaning "gargoyle lizard") is one of the earliest ankylosaurs known from reasonably complete fossil remains. The holotype was discovered in 1995 at the Bone Cabin Quarry West locality, in Albany County, Wyoming in exposures of the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian stages) Morrison Formation.

The type species, G. parkpinorum (originally G. parkpini) was described by Ken Carpenter et al. in 1998. A mounted skeletal reconstruction of Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum can be seen at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and, alongside a couple skeletons of baby Stegosaurus, has been on display there since around 2002. Gargoyleosaurus was present in stratigraphic zone 2 of the Morrison Formation.

Família
Ankylosauridae
Ordem
Ornithischia
Período
Jurassic (155.0-150.0 MYA)
Dieta
Herbivore
Comprimento
3.0-4.0 m
Peso
300-500 kg

Fatos científicos

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