Sahaliyania

black one (after the "Black River", the Amur)

• sahaliyan · Manchu · black
• -ia · Latin · noun-forming suffix, 'pertaining to'

The name comes from the Manchu word "sahaliyan", meaning "black". It refers to the Amur River, called the "Black River" or "Black Dragon River" in Manchu and Chinese (Heilongjiang), near where the fossils were found. The type species, S. elunchunorum, honours the Elunchun people of the region.

Named by

Godefroit et al.

Year named

2008

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Yuliangze Formation, Heilongjiang (Amur River region), northeastern China

A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (duck-billed dinosaur). Type species Sahaliyania elunchunorum. Its exact relationships among Asian lambeosaurines have been debated.