Reptilia - Saurischia - Diplodocidae
Full reference: R. Sternfeld. 1911. Zur Nomenklatur der Gattung Gigantosaurus Fraas [On the nomenclature of the genus Gigantosaurus Fraas]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 8:398
Parent taxon: Diplodocinae according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019
See also Buffetaut 1989, Carroll 1988, Foster and Peterson 2016, Galiano and Albersdörfer 2010, Galton 1977, Ibiricu et al. 2012, Janensch 1914, Ksepka and Norell 2010, Kuhn 1939, Mannion et al. 2012, McIntosh 1990, Molnar 1980, Rauhut et al. 2005, Remes 2006, Remes 2007, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Royo-Torres et al. 2007, Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 2008, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Tschopp and Mateus 2013, Tschopp et al. 2015, Upchurch et al. 2004, Whitlock 2011, Whitlock 2011 and Xing et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Barosaurus, Dinheirosaurus, Diplodocus, Galeamopus, Leinkupal, Supersaurus
Subtaxa: Tornieria africana
Type: Gigantosaurus robustus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Tanzania (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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