Gigantspinosaurus
Gigantspinosaurus (meaning "giant-spined lizard") is a mediun-sized stegosaur from the Upper Jurassic. It was found in Sichuan, China. It was only about 4.2 metres (14 ft) long and 700 kilograms (1,500 lb) in weight. The animal had greatly enlarged shoulder spines.
| Gigantspinosaurus Temporal range: Upper Jurassic 163.5–157.3 mya
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| File:Zigong Dinosaur Museum Gigantspinosaurus.jpg | |
| Skeletal mount of Gigantspinosaurus in the Zigong Dinosaur Museum | |
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Gigantspinosaurus |
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| Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis Ouyang, 1992
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A study suggested that Gigantspinosaurus is the most basal known member of the Stegosauria.[1][2]
Gigantspinosaurus Media
- Gigantspinosaurus skeletal.png
Skeletal diagram with known elements in white and unknown elements in grey
Life reconstruction of Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis
- Gigantspinosaurus skin impression.jpg
Skin impression of Gigantspinosaurus on display in the Zigong Dinosaur Museum
- Shaximiao Formation dinosaurs.jpg
Restoration of Gigantspinosaurus (middle) and other dinosaurs from the Shaximiao Formation
References
- ↑ Gao R, Zhu S. & Huang D. 1986. [Chinese] [The discovery of some stegosaurian shoulder spines in Zigong Municipality]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 24: 78-79
- ↑ Maidment, Susannah C.R. & Wei, Guangbaio. (2006). A review of the Late Jurassic stegosaurs (Dinosauria, Stegosauria) from the People's Republic of China. Geological Magazine 143 (5): 621–634. Bibcode:2006GeoM..143..621M. doi:10.1017/S0016756806002500. S2CID 83661067.
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