Nanningosaurus
nan-ING-oh-SORE-us /nænˌɪŋoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Nanning lizard
- Nanning · Chinese (place name) · Nanning, city in Guangxi, China
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Nanningosaurus is named after Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi in southern China, near where the fossils were found in the Nanning Basin. It is combined with the Greek word for lizard, a common ending for dinosaur names. The name therefore means "Nanning lizard".
- Named by
- Mo et al.
- Year named
- 2007
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Found in
- Nanning Basin, Guangxi, China
A hadrosauroid (basal duck-billed dinosaur) known from limited material. The type species is Nanningosaurus dengi. Exact geologic stage is uncertain, so it is not given here.