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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— Current body-mass estimates for Gargoyleosaurus are 300–754 kg; the older 'as much as 1 tonne' estimate is superseded and overstates the upper bound.
Öppna källa ↗Skull of a Jurassic ankylosaur (Dinosauria)
Nature
Granskad: 2026-09-10
Original 1998 description by Carpenter, Miles and Cloward establishing Gargoyleosaurus and its placement within Ankylosauria (Thyreophora, Ornithischia).
Öppna källa ↗Redescription of Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum, a polacanthid ankylosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Albany County, Wyoming
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie – Abhandlungen
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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.
Öppna källa ↗Jurassic "savannah"—plant taphonomy and climate of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, Western USA)
Sedimentary Geology (Elsevier)
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Reconstructs the seasonally dry, floodplain-dominated Morrison Formation palaeoenvironment with conifer, ginkgo and cycad vegetation and fern-rich open ground that Gargoyleosaurus inhabited.
Öppna källa ↗Divergent strategies in cranial biomechanics and feeding ecology of the ankylosaurian dinosaurs
Scientific Reports
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Analyses ankylosaurian skull and jaw biomechanics, confirming low-browsing herbivory as the feeding mode of ankylosaurs including early forms such as Gargoyleosaurus.
Öppna källa ↗A U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar time scale for the Jurassic
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
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Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
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Natural History Museum, London
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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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Natural History Museum, London
Granskad: 2026-09-10
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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Natural History Museum, London
Granskad: 2026-09-10
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.
Öppna källa ↗Gargoyleosaurus – Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Granskad: 2026-09-10
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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