Chiayusaurus
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Translingual[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Chiayüsaurus (original spelling, now obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Mandarin 嘉裕 (Jiāyù) (of Jiayuguan) + -saurus.
Proper noun[edit]
†Chiayusaurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the infraorder Sauropoda – a sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic or Cretaceous of China.
- 2001, Spencer G. Lucas, “Cretaceous”, in Chinese Fossil Vertebrates[1], New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 169:
- P. neimongoliensis Russell & Zhao is from the Ejinhoro Formation of Nei Monggol, where it co-occurs with Wuerhosaurus and cf. Chiayusaurus (Russell and Zhao 1996).