Tianzhenosaurus

Tianzhen lizard

• Tianzhen · Chinese (place name) · Tianzhen County, Shanxi, China
• saurus · Greek · lizard

The name means "Tianzhen lizard". It refers to Tianzhen County in Shanxi Province, northern China, where the fossils were found. The second half is the Greek word for lizard.

Named by

Pang and Cheng

Year named

1998

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Huiquanpu Formation, Tianzhen County, Shanxi, China

Tianzhenosaurus is an ankylosaurid (armored dinosaur). The type species is T. youngi. Some researchers have suggested it may be closely related to, or a synonym of, Saichania from Mongolia. I have not confirmed the exact geologic stages, so they are left blank.