Gasosaurus
GAS-oh-SORE-us /ˌɡæsəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
gas lizard
- gaso · English (from 'gas') · gas
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Gasosaurus means "gas lizard". It was named because the fossils were discovered in the 1970s by Chinese geologists who were prospecting for natural gas, and the Dashanpu quarry was being worked by a gas exploration company.
- Named by
- Dong and Tang
- Year named
- 1985
- Period
- Middle Jurassic
- Stages
- Bathonian – Callovian
- Found in
- Lower Shaximiao Formation, Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan, China
A medium-sized theropod, often considered a basal tetanuran. The species is Gasosaurus constructus. Stage range is approximate.