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Gargoyleosaurus (meaning "gargoyle lizard") is one of the earliest ankylosaurs known from reasonably complete fossil remains. Its skull measures 29 centimetres (11 inches) in length, and its total body length is an estimated 3 to 4 metres (9.8 to 13.1 feet). It may have weighed as much as 1.1 tons (2,200 lbs). The holotype was discovered at the Bone Cabin Quarry West locality, in Albany County, Wyoming in exposures of the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian stages) Morrison Formation.

Gargoyleosaurus named by Kenneth Carpenter in 1998.


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Jurassic Park franchise[]

Gargoyleosaurus appear in Jurassic Park Institute in the Dinopedia section. It is inaccurately portrayed with a club tail, something it dosen't have.

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Gargoyleosaurus has never appeared or mentioned in any Jurassic Park films or books, it has however appeared in the Dinosaur Field Guide as well as the Jurassic World Dinosaur Field Guide.

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