{"id":5568,"date":"2017-05-11T16:27:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T20:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=5568"},"modified":"2017-05-11T16:30:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T20:30:30","slug":"the-first-complete-ankylosaur-fossil-gets-its-name-from-ghostbusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/the-first-complete-ankylosaur-fossil-gets-its-name-from-ghostbusters\/","title":{"rendered":"The first complete ankylosaur fossil gets its name from Ghostbusters <img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5569\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5569\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5569\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/zuul-drawing.jpg\" alt=\"(Image by Danielle Dufault\/Royal Ontario Museum)\" width=\"620\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/zuul-drawing.jpg 620w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/zuul-drawing-300x112.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(Image by Danielle Dufault\/Royal Ontario Museum)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ankylosaurs were among the last non-avian dinosaurs; they walked on four legs and had wide armoured bodies and large horns. But much of what we know of ankylosaurs has been reconstructed from incomplete skeleton fragments. In a recently published paper, ROM researchers describe the most complete ankylosaur skeleton ever found in North America. The 75-million-year-old fossil was discovered in the Judith River Formation in Montana, and it&#8217;s the first-ever ankylosaur skeleton found with the intact tail club and a complete skull, as well as some well-preserved soft tissue. It&#8217;s been given the name <em>Zuul crurivastator<\/em>, inspired by the character Zuul in the 1984 <em>Ghostbusters<\/em> movie, with a similarly short, rounded snout and large horns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Victoria M. Arbour, David C. Evans<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corresponding author: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Victoria Arbour, Department of Paleobiology, Royal Ontario Museum, Email: <a href=\"mailto:victoria.arbour@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">victoria.arbour@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org\/content\/4\/5\/161086\" target=\"_blank\">Original paper<\/a> published in <em>Royal Society Open Science<\/em> on May 9, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ankylosaurs were among the last non-avian dinosaurs; they walked on four legs and had wide armoured bodies and large horns. But much of what we know of ankylosaurs has been reconstructed from incomplete skeleton fragments. In a recently published paper, ROM researchers describe the most complete ankylosaur skeleton ever found in North America. 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