Hongshanosaurus
hong-SHAN-oh-SORE-us /hɒŋˌʃænəˈsɔːrəs/
Synonym of Psittacosaurus
Hongshan lizard
- Hongshan · Chinese · 'red mountain'; the Hongshan culture region of northeastern China
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines Hongshan, the name of a Neolithic culture and region in northeastern China (the name means "red mountain"), with the Greek "sauros" for lizard. It refers to the area in Liaoning where the fossil skull was found. The type species is Hongshanosaurus houi.
- Named by
- You, Xu and Wang
- Year named
- 2003
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Yixian Formation (Lujiatun Beds), Liaoning, China
A psittacosaurid ceratopsian originally described from a juvenile skull. It is now generally regarded as a junior synonym of Psittacosaurus (usually Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis, following Sereno 2010), though not every researcher accepts this.