Gigantspinosaurus Gigantspinosaurus
"giant-spined lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Gigantspinosaurus 4.2 m (13.8 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 4.2 m (13.8 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (163.5–157.3 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Huayangosauridae
Gigantspinosaurus (“giant-spined lizard”) is a genus of stegosaurian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) Upper Shaximiao Formation of China. The type species is Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis. It was a moderately sized member of the group, measuring up to 4.2 m in length.
What we know
- Named by Ouyang, 1992.
- Body length estimated at about 4.2 m.
- Fossils found in China.