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Gigantspinosaurus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Zigong Dinosaur Museum Gigantspinosaurus.jpg
Skeletal mount of Gigantspinosaurus in the Zigong Dinosaur Museum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: †Ornithischia
Suborder: †Stegosauria
Genus: †Gigantspinosaurus
Type species
Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis
Ouyang, 1992

Gigantspinosaurus (meaning "giant-spined lizard") is a stegosaurian ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It was a stegosaur found in Sichuan, China.

Images for kids

  • Zigong Dinosaur Museum Gigantspinosaurus spine

    Shoulder spine

  • Shaximiao Formation dinosaurs

    Restoration of Gigantspinosaurus (middle) and other dinosaurs from the Shaximiao Formation

  • Zigong Dinosaur Museum Gigantspinosaurus jaw

    Lower jaw

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