Zuul is an armoured dinosaur. It is a member of the tail-clubbed group Ankylosauridae, and a close relative of the famous Ankylosaurus. Ankylosaurs had wide, flat bodies, long tails, walked on ...

The data from Zuul and Borealopelta, along with comparisons to modern animals, tell us that the armor of dinosaurs was not a stiff, brittle bone armor. It was an exceptionally tough bone-keratin ...

Though only one Zuul fossil specimen has yet been found, the armor along the dinosaur’s hip shows damage from a blunt object swung at the side—the tail of another Zuul would be a perfect fit.

Dinosaurs Dinosaur dubbed 'destroyers of shins' would use armoured tail to win fights with T-Rex Scientists had long thought the armoured tail of a Zuul crurivastator was used to bat off predators.

The fossil shows spikes along its flanks that were broken and re-healed while the dinosaur was alive which experts say was caused by another Zuul's tail club rather than a predator like the T. rex.

Zuul is for the horned gatekeeper from Ghostbusters, while the rest of the moniker translates to "destroyer of shins," a reference to how the dinosaurs likely used their tails to take out the legs ...

How dinosaur named after Ghostbusters monster went into battle Zuul is affectionately named after the demonic hound-like minion from 1984's Ghostbusters, in which it possessed Sigourney Weaver's ...

The dinosaur’s name means, “Zuul, the destroyer of shins,” in reference to its 10 foot long tail that was likely used to smash the legs of two legged tyrannosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex.

Zuul shows that ankylosaurs may have also used their tail clubs for social dominance. Scientists have found new evidence for how armored dinosaurs used their iconic tail clubs. The exceptional fossil ...

A dinosaur named for a demon dog in “Ghostbusters” had a sledgehammer attached to its rear. A new study found it could both shatter shins and woo potential mates.

That has been Zuul’s home since 2016, two years after its initial discovery in Montana. She has spent years studying ankylosaurs, a type of dinosaur that appears in the fossil record from the ...