Zhanghenglong

Zhang Heng's dragon

• Zhang Heng · Chinese (personal name) · Han Dynasty scientist and inventor Zhang Heng
• long · Chinese · dragon

The name honours Zhang Heng, a Han Dynasty Chinese polymath and astronomer from the Nanyang area of Henan Province, famed for inventing an early seismoscope. It is combined with the Chinese word "long", meaning dragon, which is the standard ending for Chinese dinosaur names. The type species is Zhanghenglong yangchengensis.

Named by

Xing et al.

Year named

2014

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Santonian

Found in

Majiacun Formation, Xixia Basin, Henan Province, China

A basal hadrosauroid (a relative of the duck-billed hadrosaurs) known from a partial skeleton. Locality and stage are given from memory and should be checked against the original description.