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QUICK FACTS
 WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Also known as:
Barosaurus africanus
Etymology:
'Giant lizard'
Pronunciation:
ji-GAN-to-SAWR-us
DISCOVERY
Gigantosaurus africanus
was discovered by Fraas in 1908 in the Tendaguru Formation of Mtwara, Tanzania
VITAL STATISTICS
Time Span:
155.7 - 150.8 mya
Length: 27 m Weight: 30 - 33 ton Diet: Herbivore CLASSIFICATION
Class:
Sauropsida
Sub-class:
Diapsida
Super-order:
Dinosauria
Order:
Saurischia
Sub-order:
Sauropodomorpha
Infra-order:
Sauropoda
Family:
Diplodocidae
Genus:
Gigantosaurus
Species:
africanus
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See Barpsaurus africanus (or Torniera africana).
This genus had to be renamed, since Fraas hadn't realised that the name Gigantosaurus had already been used for another sauropod
