Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum
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Dinosaur: Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum
| Length*: | 3.3 m | 10.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 320 kg | 705 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian
Years: 154.8–149.2 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Carpenter, Miles & Cloward
Year: 2001
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: Wyoming
Formation: Morrison
Locations
Sources
Material: Nearly complete skull and partial skeleton.
References: Killbourne, B. & Carpenter, K. (2005). "Redescription of Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum, a polacanthid ankylosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Albany County, Wyoming".
