Gargoyleosaurus Carpenter et al. 1998 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: K. Carpenter, C. Miles, and K. Cloward. 1998. Skull of a Jurassic ankylosaur (Dinosauria). Nature 393:782-783

Parent taxon: Nodosauridae according to J. Yang et al. 2017

See also Arbour and Currie 2016, Barrett 2001, Blows 2001, Blows 2014, Blows and Honeysett 2014, Buchholz 2002, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 2001, Carpenter et al. 1998, Chure et al. 2006, Ford 2000, Galton 2007, Galton 2019, Han et al. 2014, Kilbourne and Carpenter 2005, Lü et al. 2007, Lü et al. 2007, Osi and Makádi 2009, Parsons and Parsons 2009, Sereno 1999, Vickaryous 2006, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and Vickaryous et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Acantholipan, Animantarx, Anoplosaurus, Antarctopelta, Borealopelta, Dongyangopelta, Edmontonia, Edmontoniinae, Gastonia, Glyptodontopelta, Hoplitosaurus, Hungarosaurus, Hylaeosaurus, Invictarx, Mymoorapelta, Niobrarasaurus, Nodosaurinae, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurinae, Panoplosaurus, Patagopelta, Pawpawsaurus, Peloroplites, Polacanthus, Propanoplosaurus, Sauropelta, Sauropeltinae, Sauroplites, Silvisaurus, Stegopelta, Struthiosaurinae, Struthiosaurus, Taohelong, Tatankacephalus, Texasetes, Hoplosaurus, Hylosaurus, Acanthopholinae

Subtaxa: Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bone Cabin Quarry West (BCQ West) (Jurassic of Wyoming)

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