Gastonia (dinosaur)

Gastonia Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 139–134.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Reconstructed skeleton of G. burgei, BYU Museum of Paleontology
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	†Ornithischia
Clade:	†Thyreophora
Clade:	†Ankylosauria
Family:	†Nodosauridae
Subfamily:	†Polacanthinae
Genus:	†Gastonia Kirkland, 1998
Type species
†Gastonia burgei Kirkland, 1998
Species
†G. burgei Kirkland, 1998 †G. lorriemcwhinneyae Kinneer et al., 2016

Gastonia is a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of North America, around 139 to 134.6 million years ago. It is often considered a nodosaurid closely related to Polacanthus. Gastonia has a sacral shield and large shoulder spikes.