Zuul Temporal range: Campanian
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Reconstructed skeleton | |
Scientific 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
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Binomial name | |
†Zuul crurivastator Arbour & Evans, 2017
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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.