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| Nomina Dubia | Misspelling | No Dinosaur | Inc. Sedis | Type species | Eggs | Skin | Sail | Skull | Genera |
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Dinosaurs
G |
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GIGANTOSAURUS africanus |
| DESCRIBER | Fraas,1908 |
| TIME | Jurassic
Late Kimmeridgian |
| CLASSIFICATION | Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Diplodocidae Diplodocinae |
| DIET | Herbivore |
| FOSSILSITE | Upper Tendaguru Beds, Mtwara, Tanzania |
| FALL UNDER | BAROSAURUS |
| LENGTH | |
| INFO | Barosaurus
(Marsh,1890) =?
Gigantosaurus
(Fraas,1908 /
Seeley,
1869)
Barosaurus
> B.lentus
(Marsh,1890)
>> B.affinis
(Marsh,1899) Barosaurus
> B.africanus
(Fraas,1908)
>> Gigantosaurus africanus (Fraas,1908) Barosaurus
> B.gracilis
(Janensch,1961)
Fraas thought incorrectly that Seeley's name Gigantosaurus was available since it was then considered a junior synonym of Ornithopsis. (Preoccupied by Gigantosaurus Seeley, 1869.) |
