Jingshanosaurus

Jingshan lizard

• Jingshan · Chinese (place name) · Jingshan, a locality in the Lufeng area of Yunnan
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Jingshan", a place name linked to the fossil locality in the Lufeng area of Yunnan, China, with the Greek "sauros", meaning "lizard". It is a "lizard from Jingshan". The type species, J. xinwaensis, is named after Xinwa, the village near the site.

Named by

Zhang and Yang

Year named

1994

Period

Early Jurassic

Found in

Lower Lufeng Formation, Yunnan, China

A large early sauropodomorph, a "prosauropod" relative of Yunnanosaurus and Lufengosaurus. It is not a true sauropod. The exact origin of the place name and the first and last stages are not given here because I am not certain of them.