Ankylosauria Dinosauria Eurypoda Genasauria Late Jurassic Nodosauridae North America Ornithischia Thyreophora

Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum

Dinosaur: Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum

Jurassic: 154.8–149.2 Ma

Type: Ankylosaur

*Length:**	3.3 m	10.8 ft
*Weight:**	320 kg	705 lb

ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Area: North America

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

Classification

Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Thyreophora
Eurypoda
Ankylosauria
Nodosauridae

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".

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