Gargoyleosaurus       

 Anatomy:                                                                         

v    small armored

v    stiff tail

v    plant-eater

v    long, narrow beak

v    straight nasal passage

v  hollow armor

 Size:                                                                                    

	size
Length		10 feet (3 m)
Height		3.3 feet (1 m)
weight		about a ton

 Meaning and pronunciation:                                        

	Gargoyleosaurus
Meaning		Gargoyle lizard
pronounced		gar-GOYL-e-o-SAWR-us

 Diet:                                                                                  

	DIET
CARNIVORE
HERBIVORE		***
cycads, ginkgos, conifers, ferns, horse-tail rushes

 Intelligence                                                                     

intelligence
Very high
High
Mid
low	***
Very low

 Locomotion:                                                                     

	Biped	Quadruped
Running
Walking		***

 Period of life:                                                                    

ERA	PERIOD	EPOCH	MILLIONS YEARS  AGO
Mesozoic	Jurassic	LATE	155-144

 Discovery of fossil:                                                          

Its fossils have been found in the Morrison Formation, Bone Cabin Quarry, Albany County, Wyoming, USA, and North America.

 Classification:                                                                   

	classification
FAMILY		Ankylosauridae
INFRAORDER
SUBORDER		Thyreophora
ORDER		Ornithischia