(pronounced ccc-oh-SAWR-us) Gargoyleosaurus meaning gargoyle lizard) was an armored dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic period , about 154 to 144 million years ago. A plant-eater, it walked on four short legs and was about 10 feet (3 m) long (it had no tail club). Its body armor consisted of thin-walled cones plus two shoulder spines. Garg...
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Gargoyleosaurus A “gargoyle lizard” from Late Jurassic Wyoming. It was named for a sculptured gutter in the form of a grotesque monster, used to decorate Gothic churches (from French gargouille). It was named for the resemblance of the skull to the head of a gargoyle in profile. Named by Kenneth Carpenter (Denver Museum of Natural History...
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