Gargoyleosaurus
GAR-goil-ee-oh-SORE-us /ˌɡɑrɡɔɪliːoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
gargoyle lizard
- gargoyle · English (from Old French gargouille) · a carved, grotesque stone figure on a building
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines "gargoyle" with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). It was chosen because the skull of this armored dinosaur was thought to resemble the grotesque gargoyles carved on old buildings. The type species is G. parkpinorum.
- Named by
- Carpenter, Miles and Cloward
- Year named
- 1998
- Period
- Late Jurassic
- Found in
- Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA
An early, relatively primitive ankylosaur (armored dinosaur). The type species is Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum.