STL Science Center
18 July 2017
Gargoyles Described
Skulls and postcrania in original descriptions are described
together, but this does not mean that later in the research of any given
taxa they may not be described separately in equal or greater detail
and compared to diverse taxa. The original descriptive material
pertaining to Gargoyleosaurus specifically refers to a description of a skull of a Jurassic ankylosaur (the article's title is indeed "Skull of a Jurassic ankylosaur")
and does not mention the postcranial material specifically. Many years
after this initial description, the pelvis received some individual
detailed study and description. The love for the pelvis was part of a
dedicated study of ankylosaur pelvic evolution and includes comparative
descriptions of other ankylosaur pelves within the family tree. The
paper contains a large number of figures showing these different pelves
and how they are compared in the paper. Unlike the original description,
this paper is open-sourced and
therefore open to being read. The one paper significantly missing from
reading that turns up on an initial search is a new description of the
original materials. We can learn a lot from these two available
descriptions, however, and will certainly make do with them.
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