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A verry big african diplodocid named by the famed german paleontologist Eberhard Fraas. He first named it "Gigantosaurus africanus" but since this name was taken another german paleontologist, Richard Sternfeld, changed it. He was also the one to name the first german dinosaur bones (Plateosaurus) and i am happy enough to own a 1910 copy of his awesome book on finding collecting and classifying fossils, "Der Petrefaktensammler: ein Leitfaden zum Sammeln und Bestimmen der Versteinerungen Deutschlands.", which I definitely encourage you to get if you have a chance to do so and if you can read a fair amount of german.

It's really sad this animal is so underrated even though it has an interresting history and is as big as dinosaurs like Diplodocus or Barosaurus (not the new one).

Description
A verry big african diplodocid named by the famed german paleontologist Eberhard Fraas. He first named it "Gigantosaurus africanus" but since this name was taken another german paleontologist, Richard Sternfeld, changed it. He was also the one to name the first german dinosaur bones (Plateosaurus) and i am happy enough to own a 1910 copy of his awesome book on finding collecting and classifying fossils, "Der Petrefaktensammler: ein Leitfaden zum Sammeln und Bestimmen der Versteinerungen Deutschlands.", which I definitely encourage you to get if you have a chance to do so and if you can read a fair amount of german.

It's really sad this animal is so underrated even though it has an interresting history and is as big as dinosaurs like Diplodocus or Barosaurus (not the new one).