Changchunsaurus

Changchun lizard

• Changchun · Chinese · Changchun (city in Jilin Province, China)
• saurus · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Changchun," the capital city of Jilin Province in northeastern China, with the Greek word "sauros," meaning lizard. It was named in reference to the city near which the fossils were discovered. The name therefore translates literally as "Changchun lizard," honoring the locality of the find.

Named by

Zan et al.

Year named

2005

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Aptian – Albian

Found in

Quantou Formation, Jilin Province, China

A small ornithopod dinosaur (formerly placed in Hypsilophodontidae, a now-defunct grouping). It is known from a partial skull and postcranial material. It represents one of the few ornithopods known from northeastern China.