Kaijiangosaurus

Kaijiang lizard

• Kaijiang · Chinese (place name) · Kaijiang County, Sichuan, China
• saurus · Greek · lizard

The name combines Kaijiang, the county in Sichuan Province, China, where the fossils were found, with the Greek word for lizard. It follows the usual convention of naming a dinosaur after its discovery locality. The type species is Kaijiangosaurus lini.

Named by

He

Year named

1984

Period

Middle Jurassic

Found in

Xiashaximiao Formation, Kaijiang County, Sichuan, China

A theropod known from fragmentary remains. It is generally regarded as poorly defined and possibly a nomen dubium. The status, formation and exact age are given with moderate confidence and should be checked against the primary literature.