Gigantosaurus Temporal range:
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Part of the syntype series of G. megalonyx (from left to right: CAMSM J.29477, CAMSM J.29478, CAMSM J.29479 and CAMSM J.29483) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Genus: | †Gigantosaurus Seeley, 1869 |
Species: | †G. megalonyx
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Binomial name | |
†Gigantosaurus megalonyx Seeley, 1869
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Gigantosaurus (from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas) 'giant' and σαυρος (sauros) 'lizard') is a dubious genus of Sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England.[1] The type species, Gigantosaurus megalonyx, was named and described by Harry Govier Seeley in 1869.[2]