Bashanosaurus
BASH-an-oh-SORE-us /ˌbæʃənəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Bashan lizard
- Bashan · Chinese · the Ba Shan region, an old name associated with the area around Chongqing
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines "Bashan", a historical name for the region around Chongqing in southwest China where the fossils were found, with the Greek "sauros", meaning lizard. It means "Bashan lizard". The species name, primitivus, refers to the animal's primitive features.
- Named by
- Ye et al.
- Year named
- 2013
- Period
- Middle Jurassic
- Found in
- Xintiangou Formation, Chongqing, China
A small, early stegosaurian (plated) dinosaur; the type species is Bashanosaurus primitivus. Details such as the exact authorship, stage and etymology of the species name are given from memory and should be checked against the original description.