Suzhousaurus
SOO-joh-SORE-us /ˌsuːdʒoʊˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Suzhou lizard
- Suzhou · Chinese · historical name of the Jiuquan area in Gansu Province, China, near where the fossils were found
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Suzhousaurus combines "Suzhou", an old name for the Jiuquan area of Gansu Province, China, with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). It refers to the region where the fossils were found. The type species, S. megatherioides, is named for its supposed resemblance to the giant ground sloth Megatherium.
- Named by
- Li et al.
- Year named
- 2007
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Stage
- Aptian
- Found in
- Xinminpu Group, Gansu Province, China
A large therizinosauroid theropod, an early relative of Therizinosaurus and Nothronychus. The stage given (Aptian) is the commonly cited age, but the dating of the Xinminpu Group is not tightly constrained.