Reptilia - Ornithischia - Stegosauridae
Alternative combinations: Gigantospinosaurus sichuanensis, Gigantospinus sichuanensis
Belongs to Gigantspinosaurus according to B. Hao et al. 2018
See also Borinder et al. 2016, Carpenter 2010, Christiansen and Tschopp 2010, Galton 2010, Galton and Carpenter 2016, Jiang 2006, Li et al. 2011, Maidment 2010, Maidment et al. 2008, Maidment and Wei 2006, Mateus et al. 2011, Peng et al. 2005, Ulansky 2014, Ulansky 2014, Ulansky 2014, Ulansky 2015, Wings et al. 2007 and Xing et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ZDM 0019, a partial skeleton (An almost complete skeleton, includes a pair of complete mandible, 8 cervical vertebrae, 16 dorsal vertebrae and the synsacrum with 4 sacral vertebrae, some ant). Its type locality is Yinhe, Zhongquan, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial horizon in the Shaximiao Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Yinhe, Zhongquan
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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