Meet Zuul crurivastator: I Ain't 'Fraid Of No Ankylosaur

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By Gemma Tarlach
May 10, 2017 3:00 AMDec 18, 2019 8:14 PM
Terror Dog, Ghostbusters - Columbia Pictures
Okay, so this is not an artist rendering of Zuul crurivastator, a new ankylosaurine from Montana ... but this Ghostbusters character did inspire its name. (Courtesy Columbia Pictures)

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Don't let the ferocious name of a new armored dinosaur found in Montana fool you: Zuul crurivastator (the new genus is a nod to the main Ghostbusters villain) is actually quite the softie. At least in terms of soft tissue. The wonderfully preserved specimen has loads of it, opening up a lot of possibilities for further research.

Zuul roamed North America about 75 million years ago and was about as badass as an herbivore can be. It was a large ankylosaurine, one of the armor-plated dinos that resembled tanks. Its tail ended in a weighty club.

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