Huabeisaurus
hwah-BAY-SORE-us /hwɑˌbeɪˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
North China lizard
- Huabei · Chinese (Mandarin) · North China
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines the Chinese word Huabei, meaning "North China", with the Greek "sauros", meaning "lizard". It refers to the region where the fossils were found, in northern China. The only named species is Huabeisaurus allocotus.
- Named by
- Pang and Cheng
- Year named
- 2000
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Found in
- Huiquanpu Formation, Tianzhen County, Shanxi Province, China
A long-necked sauropod (a titanosauriform). It is known from fairly complete material, including parts of the skeleton and limbs.