Tienshanosaurus

Tian Shan lizard

• Tienshan · Chinese (Wade-Giles romanisation) · Tian Shan, 'heavenly mountains'
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines "Tienshan" (the Tian Shan mountain range, Chinese for "Heavenly Mountains") with the Greek word for lizard. It refers to the region of Xinjiang, in the Tian Shan area of northwestern China, where the first fossils were found. The type species is Tienshanosaurus chitaiensis.

Named by

Young

Year named

1937

Period

Late Jurassic

Found in

Xinjiang, northwestern China (Shishugou Formation)

A sauropod dinosaur known from fragmentary remains. It is generally treated as a valid genus. Its exact relationships among Asian sauropods are uncertain.