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Diplodocidae

Gigantosaurus

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Gigantosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Gigantosaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (157–152 Mya)
Place
United Kingdom
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Diplodocidae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Whip-tailed sauropods: Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus.

Gigantosaurus () is a dubious genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England. The type species, Gigantosaurus megalonyx, was named and described by Harry Govier Seeley in 1869.

What we know

  • Named by Seeley, 1869.
  • Fossils found in United Kingdom.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Gigantosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.