| 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 
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| 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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| †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]
- ^ Holtz, Thomas R. (1995-08-02). "Re: A nomenclatural problem". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2006-04-17.
- ^ Seeley, H.G., (1869). Index to the Fossil Remains of Aves, Ornithosauria, and Reptilia from the Secondary System of Strata, arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge. III. Geological Magazine 7