Gastonia

DV-0414

Lived: 137 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 4.6 m (15 ft)
Group: Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
Found in: United States
Named by: Kirkland 1998

Field notes

About Gastonia

Gastonia was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Gastonia, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Kirkland in 1998.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

3 finds

120 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Gastonia?

Gastonia: about 4.6 m (15 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical ankylosaur shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Nodosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. I. Kirkland. 1998. A polacanthine ankylosaur (Ornithischia: Dinosauria) from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of eastern Utah. Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems (S. G. Lucas, J. I. Kirkland, & J. W. Estep, eds.), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:271-281