Jiangshanosaurus
jee-ANG-shan-oh-SORE-us /dʒiˌæŋʃænəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Jiangshan lizard
- Jiangshan · Chinese (place name) · Jiangshan, a city in Zhejiang Province, China, near where the fossils were found
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines Jiangshan, the locality in Zhejiang Province, eastern China, where the type fossils were discovered, with the Greek word for "lizard". It therefore means "Jiangshan lizard" and honours the place of discovery.
- Named by
- Tang et al.
- Year named
- 2001
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Jinhua Formation, Jiangshan, Zhejiang Province, China
A titanosauriform sauropod known from fragmentary remains. The type species is J. lixianensis. Its exact age within the Cretaceous and its precise relationships within Titanosauriformes are uncertain.