Jiangxisaurus
jee-ANG-shee-SORE-us /dʒiˌæŋʃiˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Jiangxi lizard
- Jiangxi · Chinese (place name) · Jiangxi Province, China
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines Jiangxi, the Chinese province where the fossil was found, with the Greek word for "lizard". It marks the place of discovery, near Ganzhou in southern China. The type species is Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis.
- Named by
- Wei et al.
- Year named
- 2013
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Maastrichtian
- Found in
- Nanxiong Formation, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China
A toothless oviraptorid theropod (oviraptorosaur) known from a partial skeleton with a skull.