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Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae
Taxonomy
Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae was named by Kineer et al. (2016). Its type specimen is DMNH 49877, a partial skull (skull roof), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lorrie's Site, which is in an Aptian/Albian crevasse splay mudstone/sandstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae Kineer et al. p. 45 |
| 2016 | Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae Kirkland et al. p. 38 |
| 2017 | Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae Kirkland p. 4 |
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†Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae Kineer et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Kineer et al. 2016 | Differs from G. burgei in the following characters: flat skull roof, not domed; short paroccipital processes and proportionally less expanded distally; scapular blade parallel sided, slightly expanded distally in adult; postacetabular process of ilium is only 36% of the length of the preacetabular process as compared to 56% in G. burgei; ischium is smoothly curved ventromedially without kink at its midpoint. |
Measurements
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Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aptian - Albian | USA (Utah) | Gastonia sp. (type locality: 154238) |