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Zuul
Genus of armored ankylosaurine dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the dinosaur genus. For the monster from the 1984 film Ghostbusters, see List of Ghostbusters characters § Terror Dogs: Zuul the Gatekeeper and Vinz Clortho the Keymaster.
Zuul is a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana. The type species is Zuul crurivastator. It is known from a complete skull and tail, which represents the first ankylosaurin known from a complete skull and tail club, as well as the most complete ankylosaurid specimen thus far recovered from North America. The specimen also preserved in situ osteoderms, keratin, and skin remains.
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Zuul | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Clade: | †Ankylosauria |
Family: | †Ankylosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Ankylosaurinae |
Tribe: | †Ankylosaurini |
Genus: | †Zuul Arbour & Evans, 2017 |
Species: | †Z. crurivastator |
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†Zuul crurivastator Arbour & Evans, 2017 | |
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