Gongxianosaurus
GONG-shee-AN-oh-SORE-us /ˌɡɒŋʃiˌænoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Gongxian lizard
- Gongxian · Chinese (place name) · Gongxian County, Sichuan, China
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines Gongxian, the county in Sichuan Province, China, where the fossils were found, with the Greek word for lizard. It therefore means "Gongxian lizard", honouring the place of discovery. The type species is G. shibeiensis.
- Named by
- He et al.
- Year named
- 1998
- Period
- Early Jurassic
- Found in
- Ziliujing Formation, Gongxian (Gong County), Sichuan, China
A valid genus of early sauropod (sauropodomorph) dinosaur known from a fairly complete skeleton of the Early Jurassic of China.