Jinzhousaurus

Jinzhousaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 122 Ma
Jinzhousaurus yangi fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Superfamily: Hadrosauroidea
Genus: Jinzhousaurus
Wang & Xu, 2001
Type species
Jinzhousaurus yangi
Wang & Xu, 2001

Jinzhousaurus is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur of the Early Cretaceous of China. The type species is Jinzhousaurus yangi. The generic name refers to the town Jinzhou. The specific name honours Yang Zhongjian is the founder of Chinese paleontology. It was first described by Wang Xiao-lin and Xu Xing in 2001.[1]

  1. ^ Wang, X.-L. & Xu, X. (2001) "A new iguanodontid (Jinzhousaurus yangi gen. et sp. nov.) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China." Chin. Sci. Bull., 46: 1669–1672.