Gigantspinosaurus
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Gigantspinosaurus
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- Lived
- 168 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Stegosaurs, Huayangosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Ouyang 1992
Field notes
About Gigantspinosaurus
Gigantspinosaurus was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Huayangosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Gigantspinosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Ouyang in 1992.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Huayangosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. C. R. Maidment and G. Wei. 2006. A review of the Late Jurassic stegosaurs (Dinosauria, Stegosauria) from the People's Republic of China. Geological Magazine 143(5):621-634