Gargoyleosaurus Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum Carpenter et al. 1998
/ɡˌɑːɹɡɔɪlɪəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · 152.2–145.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
United States
Region
Wyoming
Formation
Morrison
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 152.2–145.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Wyoming, United States. It was named by Carpenter et al. 1998. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum sits in deep time
Gargoyleosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.