Very HardGastonia
Gastonia burgei
gas-TOH-nee-ah· “Gaston's one”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Nodosauridae
5 m
Length
1.5 m
Height
1.9 t
Weight
A spiky armoured dinosaur bristling with blade-like spikes along its sides and a shield of fused bone over its hips. It relied on armour, not speed, to survive.
When
Early Cretaceous, ~139–125 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
James Kirkland, 1998
Did you know?
- Rows of flat, blade-like spikes ran along each side of its body.
- A shield of fused bony plates protected its hips.
- Many individuals were found buried together in Utah.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.