Pronunciation: jahng-huhng-long
Meaning: Zhang Heng's dragon
Author/s: Xing et al. (2014)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Henan Province, China
Acta Ordinal: #872
Zhanghenglong yangchengensis
(Zhang Heng's dragon from Yangcheng)Etymology
Zhanghenglong combines "Zhang Heng" (a famous Chinese astronomer, mathematician, inventor, poet, and statesman [AD 78-139], born in the outskirts of Nanyang in southwestern Henan Province, who lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty [AD 25-220] of China) with the Mandarin Chinese "long" (dragon).
The species epithet, yangchengensis, is derived from "Yangcheng" (a large administrative region including what is now southwestern Henan Province, that was established in the Spring and Autumn period [BC 770-403] of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty of China) and the Latin "ensis" (from).
ZooBank registry: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:60BA715B-EF20-449C-8E28-3450C4E80D9A.
Discovery
The remains of Zhanghenglong were discovered in the middle member (unit 2) of the Majiacun Formation at Zhoujiagou Village, close to Xixia Dinosaur Relics Park, Xixia County, southwestern Henan Province, China, in 2011.
The holotype (XMDFEC V0013) is a partial skull. A partial skeleton (XMDFEC V0014), including five back vertebrae, rib fragments, and a nearly complete right shoulder blade and lower arm bone (ulna), represents the paratype.
Preparators
Lishi Xiang, Sicai He, and Xiaoqing Ding.
