Neimongosaurus
NAY-mong-oh-SORE-us /ˌneɪmɒŋoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Inner Mongolia lizard
- Nei Mongol · Chinese (Pinyin) · Inner Mongolia
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines "Nei Mongol", the Chinese name for the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with the Greek "sauros", meaning lizard. It refers to the region of northern China where the fossils were found. The type species is Neimongosaurus yangi, which honours the Chinese paleontologist Yang Zhongjian (C.C. Young).
- Named by
- Zhang et al.
- Year named
- 2001
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Found in
- Iren Dabasu Formation, Inner Mongolia, China
A long-necked therizinosauroid theropod (a relative of Therizinosaurus and Alxasaurus). The exact age of the Iren Dabasu Formation is debated, so no stage is given.