Gastonia was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Colorado.
Quick facts about Gastonia:
- Existed from 129.4 million years ago to 122.46 million years ago
- Lived in a quarry
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Gastonia was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- K. Brill and K. Carpenter. 2004. Articulated dermal armor of the ankylosaur Gastonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3, suppl.):41A
- P. M. Galton and J. A. Jensen. 1975. Hypsilophodon and Iguanodon from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. Nature 257:668-669
- J. I. Kirkland and D. Burge. 1993. A large dromaeosaur (Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Utah. Hunteria 2(10):1-16
