Nebulasaurus

cloud lizard

• nebula · Latin · cloud, mist
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines the Latin "nebula" (cloud) with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). It refers to Yunnan Province, China, where the fossil was found. "Yunnan" is usually translated as "south of the clouds". Nebulasaurus is a sauropod, a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur, and is regarded as a basal (early-branching) eusauropod.

Named by

Xing et al.

Year named

2013

Period

Middle Jurassic

Found in

Zhanghe Formation, Lufeng County, Yunnan, China

The type species is Nebulasaurus taniae. It is known from a partial skull and some postcranial remains. The formal publication was online in 2013, with the print volume in 2015. Check the year if you need to cite it.