Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae Kineer et al. 2016 (ankylosaur)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Nodosauridae

Full reference: B. Kineer, K. Carpenter, and A. Shaw. 2016. Redescription of Gastonia burgei (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria, Polacanthidae), and description of a new species. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 282(1):37-80

Belongs to Gastonia according to B. Kineer et al. 2016

See also Kirkland 2017 and Kirkland et al. 2016

Sister taxon: Gastonia burgei

Type specimen: DMNH 49877, a partial skull (skull roof). Its type locality is Lorrie's Site, which is in an Aptian/Albian crevasse splay mudstone/sandstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lorrie's Site

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