Gigantspinosaurus
| Gigantspinosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Oxfordian record
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| Skeletal mount of Gigantspinosaurus in the Zigong Dinosaur Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Clade: | †Stegosauria |
| Family: | †Huayangosauridae |
| Genus: | †Gigantspinosaurus Ouyang, 1992 |
| Species: | †G. sichuanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis Ouyang, 1992
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Gigantspinosaurus (lit. '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 metres (14 ft) in length.