Gongpoquansaurus
GONG-poh-chwan-SORE-us /ˌɡɒŋpoʊtʃwænˈsɔːrəs/
Gongpoquan lizard
- Gongpoquan · Chinese (place name) · Gongpoquan Basin, Gansu, China
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name refers to the Gongpoquan Basin in Gansu Province, northwestern China, where the fossils were found. It is combined with the Greek word for lizard, which is the usual ending for dinosaur names. The type species is G. mazongshanensis, named for the Mazongshan area.
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Gongpoquan Basin, Gansu Province, China
A herbivorous iguanodontian (ornithopod) dinosaur. Its taxonomic standing is debated. The species was originally described as a species of Probactrosaurus and some authors treat it that way. I am not certain of the author, the year or the exact geologic stage, so I have left those fields blank.