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Gigandipodidae (disused)

Reptilia - Gigandipodidae

Taxonomy

Gigandipodidae was named by Lull (1904). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Theropoda by Lull (1904) and Lull (1915); to Coelurosauria by Bock (1952) and Kuhn (1963); to Theropoda by Kuhn (1966); to Tyrannosauroidea by Haubold (1971); to Saurischia by Sarjeant (1970) and Haubold (1974); to Carnosauria by Lull (1953), Kuhn (1958), Haubold (1969) and Yang and Yang (1987); and to Theropoda by Carrano (2025).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Gigandipodidae Lull p. 492
1915	Gigandipodidae Lull p. 191
1952	Gigandipodidae Bock p. 403
1953	Gigandipodidae Lull p. 184
1958	Gigandipodidae Kuhn p. 23
1963	Gigandipodidae Kuhn p. 84
1966	Gigantopodidae Kuhn p. 97
1969	Gigandipodidae Haubold p. 99
1970	Gigandipodidae Sarjeant p. 270
1971	Gigandipodidae Haubold p. 77
1974	Gigandipodidae Haubold p. 45
1987	Gigandipodidae Yang and Yang p. 18
2025	Gigandipodidae Carrano

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida

Rank	Name	Author
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
family	Gigandipodidae
family	Gigandipodidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Gigandipodidae Lull 1904

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
R. S. Lull 1904	Large bipedal forms. Tetradactyl, hallux half rotated, incumbent. Foot flatly digitigrade. Claws acuminate. No manus impression. Caudal trace sinuous and continuous.
R. S. Lull 1915	Large bipedal forms. Tetradactyl, hallux half rotated, incumbent. Foot flatly digitigrade. Claws acuminate. No manus impression. Caudal trace.