Borealosaurus

northern lizard

• Borealis (Latin, from Greek Boreas) · Latin/Greek · northern
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines a root meaning "northern" (from Latin borealis, ultimately from the Greek north wind Boreas) with the Greek "sauros", lizard. It refers to the fact that this titanosaurian sauropod was found in northern China, and was among the northernmost members of its group known from Asia at the time it was named. The only named species is Borealosaurus wimani, honouring the Swedish palaeontologist Carl Wiman.

Named by

You et al.

Year named

2004

Period

Cretaceous

Found in

Sunjiawan Formation, Liaoning Province, China

A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur. The exact age of the Sunjiawan Formation is debated, so specific stages are left unstated here.