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Dinosaurs

Gargoyleosaurus

gahr-GOY-lo-SOR-us
Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum

Gargoyleosaurus

dinosaurs
Body Type

Ankylosaurid

Type

Ankylosauria

Meaning

gargoyle lizard

Length

4m

Weight

-

Taxanomy
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Thyreophora, Ankylosauromorpha, Ankylosauria, Gargoyleosaurus
Found In
USA
Range
156-151 mya
Diet
Herbivorous
Media Gallery
Information
Gargoyleosaurus is known from a skull and partial postcranium, which was found partially articulated (the bones were joined as they would have been when the dinosaur was alive).
Alternate Names