R Soc Open Sci May 2017 PMID 28573004

A new ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Judith River Formation of Montana, USA, based on an exceptional skeleton with soft tissue preservation.

Victoria M Arbour, David C Evans

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The overall tone combines admiration for the exceptional fossils, with specific examples like references to Zuul crurivastator and detailed analyses of skull ornamentation, reflecting high interest and engagement. The mention of open access papers and scientific details indicates that the discussions are both enthusiastic and deeply connected to scientific implications.

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Most discussions support the significance of the discovery and the value of the open access publication, indicating agreement on its importance.

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Posts show high curiosity and enthusiasm for the new findings, with references to the dinosaur’s soft tissue and detailed discussions about specific species.

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The discussions highlight the dinosaur’s importance for understanding soft tissue preservation and paleontology, though some dismissive comments suggest moderate perceived novelty.

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Victoria Arbour
@VictoriaArbour · X

And I will basically never get tired of making 'ankylosaur skull rainbowgrams' showing how the ornamentation differs between species, 1st in my 2013 Euoplocephalus paper & latest incarnation in the Zuul description: https://t.co/mUlArnpC03 #SciArtTweetStorm https://t.co/za0Gja3AGI

Apr 6, 2021 · 65 likes · 8 shares · 5,825 followers View post →
Victoria Arbour
@VictoriaArbour · X

It's Zuul crurivastator's 5th birthday! Hoping to get a cool new paper on this dude with @DavidEvans_ROM and @ExpeditionLive submitted soon! https://t.co/mUlArnpC03 #DinoZuul https://t.co/1xtqLtDH13

May 9, 2022 · 57 likes · 9 shares · 5,825 followers View post →
加藤ひろし / 恐竜のお兄さん @GBめぐりシリーズ公式アンバサダー
@Hiro_DinoPaleo · X

鎧竜類のアンキロサウルス科アンキロサウルス亜科アンキロサウルス族に分類されるズールの病変と尾のクラブの使い方についての解説ツリーです! ズールの原記載論文(Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidEvans_ROM 2017 https://t.co/jsJgbIlC0l)と合わせてご覧ください

Dec 7, 2022 · 11 likes · 5 shares · 4,958 followers View post →
加藤ひろし / 恐竜のお兄さん @GBめぐりシリーズ公式アンバサダー
@Hiro_DinoPaleo · X

ズール・クルリヴァスタトル Zuul crurivastator の原記載論文です。 Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidEvans_ROM (2017) https://t.co/jsJgbIlC0l #DinoZuul #恐竜博2023 https://t.co/VCEjWzClT9

Feb 1, 2023 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 4,958 followers View post →
David Evans
@DavidEvans_ROM · X

@thejurassicgeek @ROMtoronto If you want to know more, I suggest reading the paper! It’s open access and will provide as a deep dive for you as we palaeontologists are used to: https://t.co/S0IOsz9rsW

Jan 30, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 14,069 followers View post →
Dr Matt Dempsey
@Sketchy_raptor · X

@ThreeTailArt The nares in ankylosaurids are bordered by distinct caputegulae. Along with the rest of the caputegulae network they are well figured for a few taxa here: https://t.co/221JAZsImq. Nodosaurids have caputegulae too, but those associated with the premaxilla look a little different.

Apr 8, 2020 · 3 likes · 13,255 followers View post →

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Pontificus
@RealPontificus · X

@Jonnyinmd @DivinelyDesined Oh look, a “110 million year old” dinosaur mummified with skin and all. I won’t hold my breath on them allowing dna and other testing https://t.co/K6H4TX32D5

Aug 1, 2025 · 1 like · 354 followers View post →
Rulon James Downard
@RJDownard · X

Links now in for last night's Evolution (3/4) Hour https://t.co/CE6DR4phzw installment 11 of the Luskin junk DNA papers, still not helping the ID cause!

Sep 30, 2024 · 3,614 followers View post →
絶滅ガブ子
@gabugabu_029 · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: 鎧竜類のアンキロサウルス科アンキロサウルス亜科アンキロサウルス族に分類されるズールの病変と尾のクラブの使い方についての解説ツリーです! ズールの原記載論文(Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidE…

Dec 16, 2023 · 5 shares · 1,494 followers View post →
Antrum.Unbirth.Animusphere.
@Pseudobulbs · X

・Scipionyx samniticus https://t.co/Mk8iTTBYGX ・Zuul crurivastator https://t.co/EOrnrbIeEO ・Gorgosaurus libratus #NMNS #恐竜博2023 #FossilFriday #すみっコ写真部 https://t.co/ZxgJ36INFw

Apr 7, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 68 followers View post →
加藤ひろし / 恐竜のお兄さん @GBめぐりシリーズ公式アンバサダー
@Hiro_DinoPaleo · X

@yamamotoyama555 ズールは骨格的には成熟した個体と考察されています(Arbour and Evans 2017 https://t.co/jsJgbIlC0l) https://t.co/qXARwwgE80

Mar 4, 2023 · 3 likes · 1 share · 4,958 followers View post →
みなこ
@Minako71809606 · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: ズール・クルリヴァスタトル Zuul crurivastator の原記載論文です。 Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidEvans_ROM (2017) https://t.co/jsJgb…

Feb 3, 2023 · 3 shares · 399 followers View post →
ガイス
@shitake_reverse · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: ズール・クルリヴァスタトル Zuul crurivastator の原記載論文です。 Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidEvans_ROM (2017) https://t.co/jsJgb…

Feb 3, 2023 · 3 shares · 3,476 followers View post →
赤点急降下
@twrdtw · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: ズール・クルリヴァスタトル Zuul crurivastator の原記載論文です。 Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidEvans_ROM (2017) https://t.co/jsJgb…

Feb 3, 2023 · 3 shares · 1,268 followers View post →
DNR
@hBAHroX4b7Pt5Nz · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: ズール・クルリヴァスタトル Zuul crurivastator の原記載論文です。 Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidEvans_ROM (2017) https://t.co/jsJgb…

Feb 2, 2023 · 3 shares · 1,056 followers View post →
加藤ひろし / 恐竜のお兄さん @GBめぐりシリーズ公式アンバサダー
@Hiro_DinoPaleo · X

ズール・クルリヴァスタトル Zuul crurivastator の原記載論文です。 Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidEvans_ROM (2017) https://t.co/jsJgbIlC0l #DinoZuul #恐竜博2023 https://t.co/VCEjWzClT9

Feb 1, 2023 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 4,958 followers View post →
加藤ひろし / 恐竜のお兄さん @GBめぐりシリーズ公式アンバサダー
@Hiro_DinoPaleo · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: 鎧竜類のアンキロサウルス科アンキロサウルス亜科アンキロサウルス族に分類されるズールの病変と尾のクラブの使い方についての解説ツリーです! ズールの原記載論文(Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidE…

Jan 14, 2023 · 5 shares · 4,958 followers View post →
Matt Broadhead
@matt_g_b · X

There is no Danasaur, only Zuul crurivastator. https://t.co/juIgKy0tQ3

Dec 14, 2022 · 1 like · 157 followers View post →
y.araumi
@kaosdrake · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: 鎧竜類のアンキロサウルス科アンキロサウルス亜科アンキロサウルス族に分類されるズールの病変と尾のクラブの使い方についての解説ツリーです! ズールの原記載論文(Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidE…

Dec 7, 2022 · 5 shares · 321 followers View post →
キンケツゥ・ナウ
@StarPredator247 · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: 鎧竜類のアンキロサウルス科アンキロサウルス亜科アンキロサウルス族に分類されるズールの病変と尾のクラブの使い方についての解説ツリーです! ズールの原記載論文(Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidE…

Dec 7, 2022 · 5 shares · 4,501 followers View post →
コカゲカズヒロ
@toka_ge3_elzd · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: 鎧竜類のアンキロサウルス科アンキロサウルス亜科アンキロサウルス族に分類されるズールの病変と尾のクラブの使い方についての解説ツリーです! ズールの原記載論文(Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidE…

Dec 7, 2022 · 5 shares · 1,824 followers View post →
加藤ひろし / 恐竜のお兄さん @GBめぐりシリーズ公式アンバサダー
@Hiro_DinoPaleo · X

鎧竜類のアンキロサウルス科アンキロサウルス亜科アンキロサウルス族に分類されるズールの病変と尾のクラブの使い方についての解説ツリーです! ズールの原記載論文(Arbour @VictoriaArbour and Evans @DavidEvans_ROM 2017 https://t.co/jsJgbIlC0l)と合わせてご覧ください

Dec 7, 2022 · 11 likes · 5 shares · 4,958 followers View post →
(Aon)AsianOnOccasion
@0nAsian · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: It's Zuul crurivastator's 5th birthday! Hoping to get a cool new paper on this dude with @DavidEvans_ROM and @Expeditio…

Aug 12, 2022 · 9 shares · 2,482 followers View post →
Asa
@Asa_dinoclub414 · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: It's Zuul crurivastator's 5th birthday! Hoping to get a cool new paper on this dude with @DavidEvans_ROM and @Expeditio…

Aug 12, 2022 · 9 shares · 5,410 followers View post →
コサメ
@zaurus_Kosame · X

『恐竜博2023』の主役に抜擢されたズールの記載論文はオープンアクセスだから、行く気がある人は予習がてら読み込むことをオススメします! https://t.co/nsaMvg6C03

Aug 4, 2022 · 62 followers View post →
加藤ひろし / 恐竜のお兄さん @GBめぐりシリーズ公式アンバサダー
@Hiro_DinoPaleo · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: #DINOPALEOch アンキロサウルス科の皮骨等の外皮についての研究論文(Arbour @VictoriaArbour et al. 2014 https://t.co/zvpJQeaGey)と アンキロサウルス科アンキロサウルス亜科…

Aug 4, 2022 · 2 shares · 4,958 followers View post →
DNR
@hBAHroX4b7Pt5Nz · X

RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: #DINOPALEOch アンキロサウルス科の皮骨等の外皮についての研究論文(Arbour @VictoriaArbour et al. 2014 https://t.co/zvpJQeaGey)と アンキロサウルス科アンキロサウルス亜科…

Jun 5, 2022 · 2 shares · 1,056 followers View post →
Jorge Ortiz Mendieta
@JorgeOrtizM_Art · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: It's Zuul crurivastator's 5th birthday! Hoping to get a cool new paper on this dude with @DavidEvans_ROM and @Expeditio…

May 9, 2022 · 9 shares · 204 followers View post →
Asa
@Asa_dinoclub414 · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: It's Zuul crurivastator's 5th birthday! Hoping to get a cool new paper on this dude with @DavidEvans_ROM and @Expeditio…

May 9, 2022 · 9 shares · 5,410 followers View post →
Cameron #BLM
@CamZilla94 · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: It's Zuul crurivastator's 5th birthday! Hoping to get a cool new paper on this dude with @DavidEvans_ROM and @Expeditio…

May 9, 2022 · 9 shares · 609 followers View post →
antediluvian beast
@steaktitties91 · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: It's Zuul crurivastator's 5th birthday! Hoping to get a cool new paper on this dude with @DavidEvans_ROM and @Expeditio…

May 9, 2022 · 9 shares · 216 followers View post →
RickRaptor105
@RickRaptor105 · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: It's Zuul crurivastator's 5th birthday! Hoping to get a cool new paper on this dude with @DavidEvans_ROM and @Expeditio…

May 9, 2022 · 9 shares · 5,849 followers View post →
David Evans
@DavidEvans_ROM · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: It's Zuul crurivastator's 5th birthday! Hoping to get a cool new paper on this dude with @DavidEvans_ROM and @Expeditio…

May 9, 2022 · 9 shares · 14,069 followers View post →
Victoria Arbour
@VictoriaArbour · X

It's Zuul crurivastator's 5th birthday! Hoping to get a cool new paper on this dude with @DavidEvans_ROM and @ExpeditionLive submitted soon! https://t.co/mUlArnpC03 #DinoZuul https://t.co/1xtqLtDH13

May 9, 2022 · 57 likes · 9 shares · 5,825 followers View post →
GarciaRuiz Art *Commissions OPEN*
@GarciaRuiz_Art · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: And I will basically never get tired of making 'ankylosaur skull rainbowgrams' showing how the ornamentation differs be…

Apr 8, 2021 · 8 shares · 966 followers View post →
Grimlock108
@Archosaur2000 · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: And I will basically never get tired of making 'ankylosaur skull rainbowgrams' showing how the ornamentation differs be…

Apr 8, 2021 · 8 shares · 267 followers View post →
liv
@retrorinrobi · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: And I will basically never get tired of making 'ankylosaur skull rainbowgrams' showing how the ornamentation differs be…

Apr 8, 2021 · 8 shares · 672 followers View post →
Siats_Kong
@SiatsK · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: And I will basically never get tired of making 'ankylosaur skull rainbowgrams' showing how the ornamentation differs be…

Apr 7, 2021 · 8 shares · 13 followers View post →
Thubandactylus. L'Ignito Nefario.
@Thuban_Isesi · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: And I will basically never get tired of making 'ankylosaur skull rainbowgrams' showing how the ornamentation differs be…

Apr 7, 2021 · 8 shares · 741 followers View post →
Gabriel N. U.
@SerpenIllus · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: And I will basically never get tired of making 'ankylosaur skull rainbowgrams' showing how the ornamentation differs be…

Apr 7, 2021 · 8 shares · 54,089 followers View post →
Victoria Arbour
@VictoriaArbour · X

And I will basically never get tired of making 'ankylosaur skull rainbowgrams' showing how the ornamentation differs between species, 1st in my 2013 Euoplocephalus paper & latest incarnation in the Zuul description: https://t.co/mUlArnpC03 #SciArtTweetStorm https://t.co/za0Gja3AGI

Apr 6, 2021 · 65 likes · 8 shares · 5,825 followers View post →
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum
@CurrieMuseum · X

The back half of its tail is stiff and ends in a large knob of bone – Zuul wields this weapon like a sledgehammer, to defend itself from predators and to compete with other Zuul for territory and mates. https://t.co/Cpb1az3w5U

Apr 14, 2020 · 3 likes · 4,094 followers View post →
Dr Matt Dempsey
@Sketchy_raptor · X

@ThreeTailArt The nares in ankylosaurids are bordered by distinct caputegulae. Along with the rest of the caputegulae network they are well figured for a few taxa here: https://t.co/221JAZsImq. Nodosaurids have caputegulae too, but those associated with the premaxilla look a little different.

Apr 8, 2020 · 3 likes · 13,255 followers View post →
ウナギを食べるのをやめたケラトプスユウタ
@uCeratops · X

@Tachydromus @2Ceratops 見つかっているパーツの保存自体はきれいですが、記載論文で図示されていたのが頭と尾だけだったのでアンキロサウルスと比較されるレベルかと... https://t.co/rfpNMcnVD2

Mar 26, 2020 · 1 like · 768 followers View post →
Fluffy (They/Them)
@TheFluffyOne85 · X

@sabahzero @moononthebones "A new ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Judith River Formation of Montana, USA, based on an exceptional skeleton with soft tissue preservation" Dr. Victoria Arbour is awesome! Hope I'm allowed to play even though I'm not in science. #MindTheCitationGap https://t.co/LnBGR54jr0

Oct 27, 2019 · 177 followers View post →
STEM Kids Rock
@stemkidsrock · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: Meet Zuul crurivastator, the Destroyer of Shins! Open access paper at https://t.co/sAkEk8tvlh & more at https://t.co/Me…

Oct 4, 2019 · 96 shares · 2,856 followers View post →
Jorge Velez-Juarbe
@VelezJuarbeJ · X

@Alastxr Exacto, y Ankylosaurus no era el único, había una buena cantidad de especies. Ya conociste a Zuul? https://t.co/csvteCldGL https://t.co/Tq0QbUngW7

Aug 10, 2019 · 1,730 followers View post →
Preolithic
@preolithic · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: Meet Zuul crurivastator, the Destroyer of Shins! Open access paper at https://t.co/sAkEk8tvlh & more at https://t.co/Me…

Jul 21, 2019 · 96 shares · 45 followers View post →
NoPaintR ➡️ ∞ RT Saga
@NoPaintRequired · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: Meet Zuul crurivastator, the Destroyer of Shins! Open access paper at https://t.co/sAkEk8tvlh & more at https://t.co/Me…

Feb 12, 2019 · 96 shares · 160 followers View post →
Sammy Allouba
@thejurassicgeek · X

RT @DavidEvans_ROM: @thejurassicgeek @ROMtoronto If you want to know more, I suggest reading the paper! It’s open access and will provide a…

Jan 30, 2019 · 1 share · 377 followers View post →
David Evans
@DavidEvans_ROM · X

@thejurassicgeek @ROMtoronto If you want to know more, I suggest reading the paper! It’s open access and will provide as a deep dive for you as we palaeontologists are used to: https://t.co/S0IOsz9rsW

Jan 30, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 14,069 followers View post →
k
@absurditorium · X

RT @VictoriaArbour: Meet Zuul crurivastator, the Destroyer of Shins! Open access paper at https://t.co/sAkEk8tvlh & more at https://t.co/Me…

Jan 26, 2019 · 96 shares · 197 followers View post →
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