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Gastonia burgei

Reptilia - Nodosauridae

Taxonomy
Gastonia burgei was named by Kirkland (1998). Its type specimen is CEUM 1307 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Robert Gaston Quarry (CEU 91-1), which is in a Valanginian pond siltstone/limestone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah. It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Gastonia burgei Kirkland p. 273
1999Gastonia burgei Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 270
2000Gastonia burgei Ford p. 174
2001Gastonia burgei Blows p. 376
2001Gastonia burgei Carpenter p. 457
2001Gastonia burgei Carpenter et al. p. 213
2001Gastonia burgei Ford and Kirkland p. 247
2003Gastonia burgei Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola p. 162 fig. 6
2003Gastonia burgei Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 297
2004Gastonia burgei Vickaryous et al. p. 364
2005Gastonia burgei Swanson et al. p. 24
2007Gastonia burgei Garrison, Jr. et al. p. 463
2009Gastonia burgei Osi and Makádi p. 235 fig. 6
2011Gastonia burgei Kirkland and Loewen p. 5
2013Gastonia burgei Kirkland et al. p. 5
2013Gastonia burgei Leahey and Salisbury p. 251
2013Gastonia burgei Yang et al. p. 273
2014Gastonia burgei Arbour et al. p. 2
2014Gastonia burgei Han et al. p. 14 fig. 11
2016Gastonia burgei Borinder et al. p. 66
2016Gastonia burgei Kineer et al. p. 45
2016Gastonia burgei Kirkland et al. p. 27
2017Gastonia burgei Arbour and Mallon p. 771
2019Gastonia burgei Galton p. 211 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
—Ankylosauria()
familyNodosauridae
genusGastonia
speciesburgei

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Gastonia burgei Kirkland 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Kineer et al. 2016Differs from Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae in having a proportionally longer paroccipital process and a more distally expanded basisphenoid that is proportionally longer relative to basicranial length; and ischium with mid-shaft kink. Postacetabular process is 56% the length of the preacetabular process.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6USA (Utah) Nodosauridae indet. (27025) Polacanthus sp. (type locality: 27017)