Lanzhousaurus
lan-JOH-SORE-us /lænˌdʒoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Lanzhou lizard
- Lanzhou · Chinese (place name) · city in Gansu Province, China
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines Lanzhou, the city in Gansu Province, China, near where the fossils were found, with the Greek word for lizard. The only named species, L. magnidens, has a name meaning "big tooth", referring to the unusually large teeth of this plant-eating dinosaur.
- Named by
- You et al.
- Year named
- 2005
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Hekou Group, near Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
A large iguanodontian ornithopod, known for having some of the largest teeth of any plant-eating dinosaur. Exact stage ages are uncertain, so they are left blank.