Jinzhousaurus
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 as the founder of Chinese paleontology. It was first described by Wang Xiao-lin and Xu Xing in 2001.
| Jinzhousaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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| Jinzhousaurus yangi fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Superfamily: | †Hadrosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Jinzhousaurus Wang & Xu, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Jinzhousaurus yangi Wang & Xu, 2001 | |
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