ZHEJIANGOSAURUS
a dubious nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China.
Pronunciation:
Meaning: Zhejiang lizard
Author/s: Lü
et al. (
2007)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Zhejiang, China
Discovery Chart Position: #632
Zhejiangosaurus lishuiensis
(Zhejiang lizard from Lishui)Etymology
Zhejiangosaurus is derived from "Zhejiang" (the province where its remains were discovered) and the Greek "sauros" (lizard).
The
species epithet,
lishuiensis, means "from Lishui" in Latin.
Discovery
The remains of
Zhejiangosaurus were discovered in the Chaochuan Formation at Liancheng, in the Chinese administrative unit of Lishui, Zhejiang Province, China, by ?who? in ?when.
The
holotype (ZNHM M8718) is a partial skeleton.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian
Age range: 100-94 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 4.5 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: 1.5 tons
Diet: Herbivore
Zhejiangosaurus
lishuiensis
References
• Chen K, Wang Y and Jiang Y (2002) "The study of dinosaur fossil and Late Cretaceous basin of Tiantai in Zhejiang".
Unpublished report of the Hydrology and Engineering Geological Brigade of Zhejiang Province and the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. Available from the library of the Land and Resources Department of Zhejiang Province, China (in Chinese).
• Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources of Zhejiang Province (1989) "Regional Geology of Zhejiang Province".
Beijing: Geological Publishing House.
• Lü J, Jin X, Sheng Y and Li Y (2007) "New nodosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Lishui, Zhejiang Province, China".
Acta Geologica Sinica, 81(3): 344-350.
• Paul GS (2010) "
The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs".
• Thompson RS, Parish JC, Maidment SCR and Barrett PM (2011) "Phylogeny of the ankylosaurian dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Thyreophora)".
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 10(2): 301-312.
• Arbour VM and Currie PJ (2015) "Systematics, phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of the ankylosaurid dinosaurs".
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 14(5): 385-444.
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