Equijubus

horse mane

• equus · Latin · horse
• juba · Latin · mane

The name combines the Latin words for "horse" and "mane". It refers to the Mazongshan ("Horse-Mane Mountain") area of Gansu Province, China, where the fossil was found. Mazongshan is Chinese for "horse mane mountain", so the name is a Latin rendering of the place name.

Named by

You et al.

Year named

2003

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Aptian – Albian

Found in

Xinminbao Group, Mazongshan area, Gansu Province, China

A basal hadrosauriform (iguanodontian) ornithopod. The type species is Equijubus normani. The exact age within the Aptian–Albian range is not firmly fixed.