Zhuchengosaurus

Zhucheng lizard

• Zhucheng · Chinese (place name) · Zhucheng, a city in Shandong, China
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines Zhucheng, the city in Shandong Province, China, near where the fossils were found, with the Greek word for lizard. It means "lizard from Zhucheng". The type species, Zhuchengosaurus maximus, was named for its very large size.

Named by

Zhao et al.

Year named

2007

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Wangshi Group, Zhucheng, Shandong, China

A very large hadrosaurid (duck-billed dinosaur). Some researchers have suggested it may be a junior synonym of the closely related Shantungosaurus from the same area, so its validity is debated.