Dinosaur
Gargoyleosaurus
It combined characteristics of early armored dinosaurs and later groups.
Gargoyleosaurus combined early features with traits shared by later armored dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Gargoyleosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Ankylosauria
- Ankylosaurs
- Fossil locations
- Wyoming
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Gargoyleosaurus
It is one of the early ankylosaurs known from reasonably complete remains. Its reference specimen was found in 1995 in Wyoming and was described in 1998.
It combined characteristics of early armored dinosaurs and later groups. This combination allows us to compare stages in the group's history. A reasonably complete skeleton is especially useful when studying animals of which isolated parts are often found.
Ankylosaurs developed bony armor in their skin. Some lineages had a tail club and others did not; a club should not be added to every armored dinosaur.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum
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- Gargoyleosaurus
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- Ankylosauria
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