Datousaurus
dah-TOH-SORE-us /dɑˌtoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
big-headed lizard
- datou · Chinese (Mandarin) · big head
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Datousaurus combines the Mandarin Chinese "datou" (大头), meaning "big head", with the Greek "sauros", meaning "lizard". The name refers to the robust, relatively large skull of this sauropod, which was known from skull material unusual for sauropods.
- Named by
- Dong and Tang
- Year named
- 1984
- Period
- Middle Jurassic
- Found in
- Lower Shaximiao Formation, Sichuan, China
A sauropod; the type species is Datousaurus bashanensis.