Gigantspinosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0350Shaximiao Fm., China

Gigantspinosaurus

DV-0350

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

1 find

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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