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Gastonia
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Translingual
thumb|Life restoration of †Gastonia burgei species
thumb|†Gastonia burgei species size comparison
Etymology 1
From mul Gaston en surname -ia, named in honour of US palaeontologist and CEO of Gaston Design Inc. Robert Gaston.
Proper noun
†1 f
genus family †Nodosauridae family certain ankylosaurs with sacral shields and large shoulder spikes from the Early Cretaceous of North America, around 139 to 134.6 million years ago.
Hypernyms
genus †Ornithischia clade clade; †Ankylosauria clade clade; †Nodosauridae family family; †Polacanthinae subfamily subfamily
Hyponyms
genus †Gastonia burgei species type species
†Gastonia lorriemcwhinneyae species other species
References
Gastonia (dinosaur)
Gastonia (dinosaur)
Etymology 2
From mul Gaston given name en -ia, named after Gaston d'Orléans, 1608-1660, a patron and promoter of botany and floriculture.
+ (plant)
Proper noun
1 f
mul obsolete genus family Araliaceae junior synonym of Polyscias genus
mul Dinosaurs
mul taxonomic eponyms
English
Etymology
From en Gaston ia place.
Proper noun
en city/county seat co/Gaston County s/North Carolina c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/Kaufman County s/Texas c/USA.
Anagrams
en aaginost Santiago