Gastonia
Gastonia burgei
Pronounced:
gas-Tone-ee - ah
Diet: Herbivore
(Plant-Eater)
Name Means: "For
Gaston"
Length: 16 feet
(5 m)
Height: 5 feet
(1.8 m)
Weight: 1 ton
(900 kilos)
Time: Early
Cretaceous-130 MYA
Fossil remains for this
Dinosaur have been found in
Western United States
Gastonia was a member of the family of
armored dinosaurs that included
Ankylosaurus . It was a medium-sized
plant eater built low to the ground and its
back, neck and head were covered with bony
plates.
The Gastonia type specimen was discovered in the
same quarry as the better-known
Utahraptor . It is known from an almost
complete skeleton and several skulls. |
