Yimenosaurus
yee-MEN-oh-SORE-us /jiˌmɛnəˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Yimen lizard
- Yimen · Chinese (place name) · Yimen County, Yunnan Province, China, where the fossils were found
- sauros · Greek · lizard
The name combines Yimen, the county in Yunnan Province, China, where the fossils were discovered, with the Greek "sauros", meaning lizard. It therefore means "Yimen lizard". The genus is named after its place of discovery. The type species, Y. youngi, honours the Chinese palaeontologist C.C. Young (Yang Zhongjian).
- Named by
- Bai, Yang and Wang
- Year named
- 1990
- Period
- Early Jurassic
- Found in
- Fengjiahe Formation, Yimen County, Yunnan, China
A basal sauropodomorph ("prosauropod") dinosaur. Its exact placement within Sauropodomorpha has been debated.