Zhongjianosaurus

Zhongjian's lizard

• Zhongjian · Chinese (personal name) · from Yang Zhongjian (C. C. Young), Chinese palaeontologist
• saurus · Greek · lizard

The name honours Yang Zhongjian (also known as C. C. Young), a pioneer of Chinese vertebrate palaeontology, combined with the Greek word for "lizard". The type species is Zhongjianosaurus yangi. It is a small feathered theropod from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China.

Named by

Xu et al.

Year named

2018

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China

Known from a single specimen with feather impressions. The year of naming (2018) and the authorship are given from memory, so check them against the original description. The exact geologic stage is not given here.