© Andrey Atuchin
- Type of dinosaur:
- armoured dinosaur
- Length:
- 4.6m
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- When it lived:
- Early Cretaceous, 142-127 million years ago
- Found in:
- USA
Gastonia is known from a skull and the partial skeletons of several individuals.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria
- Named by:
- Kirkland (1998)
- Type species:
- burgei
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