Gargoyleosaurus

Pronunciation:
gahr-goy-lee-oh-sore-us
Name meaning:
'gargoyle lizard'

© Andrey Atuchin

Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
4.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Jurassic, 154-142 million years ago
Found in:
USA

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).

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria
Named by:
Carpenter, Miles and Cloward (1998)
Type species:
parkpinorum