The Gigantosaurus

Gigantosaurus is a poorly known sauropod dinosaur from England. The type species, Gigantosaurus megalonyx, was described by Seeley in 1869. The name “Gigantosaurus” later factored into the convoluted taxonomic history of the African dinosaur Barosaurus, Tornieria, and Janenschia. A discussion of this can be found in the main Tornieria article. A dinosaur with a similar name is Giganotosaurus, which was a massive theropod. Its name is often misspelled and/or pronounced Gigantosaurus.

Cameron from the lord geekington-blog wrote about the Gigantosaurus:

It is one of the more ridiculous I’ve seen, just look at those hind limbs! But hey, at least it isn’t wallowing in water. I’m not sure how long that locomotive is (I’ll have to ask my dad)* but if we assume the human is 1.8 m tall, the dinosaur’s head is 4 m long (13′), the length of the forefoot is 2.3 m (7.5′), the highest part of the body is 12 m (40′) off the ground and the total length is probably over 60 meters (200′).