Zuul

Zuul
Temporal range: Campanian
~75 Ma
Reconstructed skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Binomial name
Zuul crurivastator
Arbour & Evans, 2017

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.