Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum Carpenter et al. 1998 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Alternative combinations: Gargoyleosaurus parkpini, Gargoyleosaurus parkpinoorum

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

Belongs to Gargoyleosaurus according to M. K. Vickaryous et al. 2004

See also Blows 2001, Blows and Honeysett 2014, Buchholz 2002, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al. 1998, Chure et al. 2006, Clark 2001, Ford 2000, Galton 2007, Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola 2003, Han et al. 2014, Kilbourne and Carpenter 2005, Kineer et al. 2016, Kirkland et al. 2013 and Mateus 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DMNH 27726. Its type locality is Bone Cabin Quarry West (BCQ West), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

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

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