Gargoyleosaurus
Gargoyleosaurus was an armoured dinosaur that looked like a walking tank. It had bony plates and spikes all over its body to protect it from hungry predators. This dinosaur lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 154 to 142 million years ago.1
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Gargoyleosaurus is one of the earliest known armoured dinosaurs, living during the Late Jurassic period.2
Its skull was covered in bony armour that was fused to the bone, making its head very tough.2
Scientists found a nearly complete skull and parts of the skeleton with the bones still joined together as they were in life.1
Gargoyleosaurus had features of both ankylosaurid and nodosaurid dinosaurs, which suggests all armoured dinosaurs came from a single ancestor.2
It was about 4 metres (13 feet) long, roughly the size of a small car.1
The name Gargoyleosaurus means 'gargoyle lizard', because its bumpy, spiky head reminded scientists of the stone gargoyles on old buildings.1

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?How big was Gargoyleosaurus?
It was a relatively small ankylosaur, reaching about 3 to 3.5 metres (9.8 to 11.5 feet) in length and weighing between 300 and 754 kilograms (661 to 1662 pounds).3
?What did Gargoyleosaurus eat?
It was an herbivore, meaning it ate plants.1
?When did Gargoyleosaurus live?
It lived during the Late Jurassic period, about 154 to 142 million years ago.1
?Where was Gargoyleosaurus found?
Its fossils were discovered in Wyoming, USA, in the Morrison Formation.3
?Why is it called Gargoyleosaurus?
Its name means 'gargoyle lizard' because its bumpy, spiky head reminded scientists of the stone gargoyles on old buildings.1
?Was Gargoyleosaurus an armoured dinosaur?
Yes, it was an armoured dinosaur with bony plates and spikes all over its body for protection.1
Kwiingcali zeedayinaso
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Gargoyleosaurus
- Inikwe igama ngu:
- Carpenter et al. 19984
- Iqela
- Iidayinaso ezinesikrweqe
- Usapho / iclade
- Nodosauridae4
- Ukuhlelwa
- Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Nodosauridae > Thyreophora4
- Ubudala bamatye
- 152 ukuya ku-145 izigidi zeminyaka (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)4
- Izakhiwo zamatye
- Morrison4
- Amazwe
- iUSA4
- Iirekhodi zeefosili
- 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
- Ukufunyanwa
- Gargoyleosaurus was named by Kenneth Carpenter, Clifford Miles, and Karen Cloward in 1998. The fossils were found in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA.421
- Kusaxoxwa ngayo
- Scientists are still debating whether Gargoyleosaurus belongs to the ankylosaurid family or the nodosaurid family, because it has traits of both groups.2
Apho iinyani zivela khona
- Gargoyleosaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Skull of a Jurassic ankylosaur (Dinosauria) | Nature (preview-www.nature.com)
- Gargoyleosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Gargoyleosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.
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