Gigantosaurus

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Gigantosaurus" by Heinrich Harder
name = "Gigantosaurus"
status = fossil
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
genus = "Gigantosaurus" Seeley, 1869
binomial = "Gigantosaurus megalonyx" Seeley, 1869

"Gigantosaurus" ("giant lizard") is a poorly known ("nomen dubium") sauropod dinosaur from England [http://dml.cmnh.org/1995Aug/msg00582.html] . The type species, "Gigantosaurus megalonyx", was described by Seeley in 1869. The name "Gigantosaurus" later factored into the convoluted taxonomic history of the African dinosaur(s) "Barosaurus", "Tornieria", and "Janenschia". A discussion of this can be found in the main "Tornieria" article.

A dinosaur with a similar name is "Giganotosaurus", which was a massive theropod. Its name is often misspelled and/or pronounced "Gigantosaurus".

References

* http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a8acf5.htm
* http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/sauropoda.htm