Zuul

Say it like this: “Zool”

Zuul crurivastator

Zuul ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Named in: 2017 · Arbour, V. M.; Evans, D. C.
Hip height: 1.3 m · 4 ft
Length: 6 m · 20 ft
Weight: 2.5 tonnes
Found in: the United States · Judith River
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
Family branch: Ankylosaurinae

The story in short

In 2017, V. M. Arbour and D. C. Evans published the name Zuul. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Zuul date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Judith River Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Zuul at a length near 6 m, hips about 1.3 m high, and a body mass around 2.5 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Ankylosaurinae, among the armored dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Akainacephalus

Akainacephalus johnsoni

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus magniventris

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago

Anodontosaurus

Anodontosaurus lambei

Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago