Yizhousaurus

Yizhou lizard

• Yizhou · Chinese · an ancient name for the region of Yunnan, China
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Yizhousaurus combines "Yizhou", an old historical name for the area that is now Yunnan Province in China, with the Greek "sauros" (lizard). It refers to the region where the fossils were found. The type species, Yizhousaurus sunae, honours palaeontologist Sun Ge.

Named by

Zhang et al.

Year named

2018

Period

Early Jurassic

Found in

Lufeng Formation, Yunnan Province, China

A sauropodomorph (early relative of the long-necked sauropods), usually placed among the massopodan or near-sauropod "prosauropod" grade. Type species is Yizhousaurus sunae.