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VERIFY:length_max_m: stored=4 suggested=3.5 confidence=medium — Current size estimates following Paul's revised measurements give Gargoyleosaurus a maximum length of about 3–3.5 m; the 4 m figure comes from older pre-revision literature.
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VERIFY:weight_max_kg: stored=1000 suggested=754 confidence=medium — Current body-mass estimates for Gargoyleosaurus are 300–754 kg; the older 'as much as 1 tonne' estimate is superseded and overstates the upper bound.
Åbn kilde ↗Skull of a Jurassic ankylosaur (Dinosauria)
Nature
Gennemgået: 10.9.2026
Original 1998 description by Carpenter, Miles and Cloward establishing Gargoyleosaurus and its placement within Ankylosauria (Thyreophora, Ornithischia).
Åbn kilde ↗Redescription of Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum, a polacanthid ankylosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Albany County, Wyoming
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie – Abhandlungen
Gennemgået: 10.9.2026
Documents the holotype and its provenance in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Albany County, Wyoming (Bone Cabin Quarry area), defining the taxon's known geographic and stratigraphic range.
Åbn kilde ↗Jurassic "savannah"—plant taphonomy and climate of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, Western USA)
Sedimentary Geology (Elsevier)
Gennemgået: 10.9.2026
Reconstructs the seasonally dry, floodplain-dominated Morrison Formation palaeoenvironment with conifer, ginkgo and cycad vegetation and fern-rich open ground that Gargoyleosaurus inhabited.
Åbn kilde ↗Divergent strategies in cranial biomechanics and feeding ecology of the ankylosaurian dinosaurs
Scientific Reports
Gennemgået: 10.9.2026
Analyses ankylosaurian skull and jaw biomechanics, confirming low-browsing herbivory as the feeding mode of ankylosaurs including early forms such as Gargoyleosaurus.
Åbn kilde ↗A U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar time scale for the Jurassic
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Gennemgået: 10.9.2026
Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Åbn kilde ↗Gargoyleosaurus – Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Gennemgået: 10.9.2026
Museum overview of Gargoyleosaurus covering its size, armoured body plan, Late Jurassic age and North American occurrence, used as the basis for the sv/en/da/no description texts.
Åbn kilde ↗Gargoyleosaurus – Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Gennemgået: 10.9.2026
Museum overview of Gargoyleosaurus covering its size, armoured body plan, Late Jurassic age and North American occurrence, used as the basis for the sv/en/da/no description texts.
Åbn kilde ↗Gargoyleosaurus – Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Gennemgået: 10.9.2026
Museum overview of Gargoyleosaurus covering its size, armoured body plan, Late Jurassic age and North American occurrence, used as the basis for the sv/en/da/no description texts.
Åbn kilde ↗Gargoyleosaurus – Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Gennemgået: 10.9.2026
Museum overview of Gargoyleosaurus covering its size, armoured body plan, Late Jurassic age and North American occurrence, used as the basis for the sv/en/da/no description texts.
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