Xuanhanosaurus

Xuanhan lizard

• Xuanhan · Chinese (place name) · Xuanhan County, Sichuan, China (the type locality)
• -o- · Greek · connecting vowel
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name means "Xuanhan lizard". It refers to Xuanhan County in Sichuan Province, China, where the fossils were found. The Greek "sauros" (lizard) is the standard ending for dinosaur names.

Named by

Dong

Year named

1984

Period

Middle Jurassic

Found in

Sichuan Province, China (Xuanhan County; Lower Shaximiao Formation)

A theropod known from limited remains. It was originally described with unusually robust forelimbs and was once suggested to have been partly quadrupedal. It is now generally regarded as a basal tetanuran or megalosauroid-type theropod, though its exact placement is uncertain.