South Dakota

Gastonia

Introduction Gastonia was an armored dinosaur measuring approximately 16.5 feet long which lived in western North America during the early Cretaceous Period approximately 135-130 million years ago. The first specimens were found in eastern Utah in 1989, and more have… Read More ›

Mierasaurus

Mierasaurus was a turiasaurian sauropod dinosaur which lived in Utah during the early Cretaceous Period approximately 139 to 136 million years ago. Mierasaurus lived during a time when the environment of prehistoric Utah became substantially wetter and more humid than… Read More ›