Nanshiungosaurus

Nanxiong lizard

• Nanshiung · Chinese (Wade–Giles-style spelling) · Nanxiong, a place in Guangdong, China
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name means "Nanxiong lizard". It refers to the Nanxiong Basin in Guangdong Province, southern China, where the first fossils were found. "Nanshiung" is an older spelling of Nanxiong. The ending is the Greek word for lizard.

Named by

Dong

Year named

1979

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Nanxiong Formation, Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong, China

A therizinosauroid theropod, a relative of the long-clawed, plant-eating therizinosaurs. The type species is N. brevispinus. The geologic stage is given with moderate confidence.