Nanyangosaurus

Nanyang lizard

• Nanyang · Chinese (place name) · the Nanyang Basin / Nanyang city area in Henan, China, where the fossils were found
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines Nanyang, the basin in Henan Province, China, where the fossil was discovered, with the Greek "sauros" meaning lizard. It therefore simply means "lizard from Nanyang". The type species, N. zhugeii, honours the Chinese historical figure Zhuge Liang, who is associated with the Nanyang area.

Named by

Xu et al.

Year named

2000

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Sangping Formation, Nanyang Basin, Henan, China

A medium-sized ornithopod, usually regarded as a basal hadrosauroid (iguanodontian relative). Known from a partial skeleton; its exact age and position within Iguanodontia/Hadrosauroidea are debated.