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Lanzhousaurus is a genus of dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period. It was discovered in the Gansu region of China in 2005. The type species, L. magnidens, was described based on partial skeletal remains. Lanzhousaurus had very huge teeth, and perhaps the largest of any herbivorous animal ever found. This indicates that it was an iguanodont dinosaur. The jawbone, which was over 40 inches...

Gigantspinosaurus, meaning "giant spined lizard", is a genus of stegosaur dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period. It was found in the Upper Shaximiao Formation of Zigong, Sichuan, China. It is known from a partial skeleton missing most of the skull, hind feet, and tail. The type species, G. sichuanensis, was described in 1992. It was known as Nomen nudum until 2006. This dinosaur had a...

Chialingosaurus, meaning "Chialing lizard", is a genus of stegosaur dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period of China. It was discovered in the Upper Shaximiao Formation. It is one of the oldest genera of stegosaur dating back 160 million years ago. Its name is taken from the Chialing River in southern China. It was discovered by Kuan in 1957. It was named two years later by C.C. Young. It is...

Charonosaurus or "Charon's lizard" is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period, possibly living right to the very end of the Cretaceous Period when dinosaurs became extinct. It was discovered by Godefroit, Zan and Jin in 2000 on the south bank of the Amur River, China. It may have been equally found in Russia as the Amur River divides Russia from China. Charonosaurus is a large...

Bellusaurus or "Beautiful lizard" is a genus of dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period of what is now China. The type species, B. sui, was described by Chao in 1987. Seventeen individuals have been recovered from the Wucaiwan Formation in the northeastern Junggar Basin of China. Scientists speculate the reason so many were found killed in one spot was due to a possible flash flood caught them...

Beishanlong is a genus of giant ornithomimosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of China 100 to 125 million years ago. It was described in 2009 by a team of Chinese and American paleontologists. The type species is B. grandis. Three fossils were discovered in northwestern China, in the province of Gansu. This dinosaur was closely related to the Harpymimus. Together, these two...

Beipiaosaurus or "Beipiao lizard" is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period, 124 million years ago. It was named after a city in China near the location of discovery. The fossils were found in the Jianshangou bed of the Yixian Formation in Liaoning Province, China. It is known only from one species, B. inexpectus. A significant number of fossils have been recovered...

Auroraceratops or "dawn horned face" is a genus of neoceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period (Aptian Age). It lived in what is now north-central China. Its genus name refers to its status as an early ceratopsian and also to Dawn Dodson, wife of Peter Dodson, one of the scientists who described it. The remains were found in the Xinminbao Group, Gongpoquan Basin of the Mazong Shan...

Epidexipteryx, meaning "display feather", is a genus of maniraptorian dinosaur from the Middle or Upper Jurassic Period (152-168 mya) that was found in what is now Inner Mongolia, China. The specific name, E. hui, commemorates paleomammologist Hu Yaoming. The well preserved partial skeleton includes four long feathers on the tail. It represents one of the earliest known examples of...

Liaoceratops, the "Liao Horned Face", is a newly discovered dinosaur that lived in the early Cretaceous period some 130 million years ago. It was discovered by a team of American and Chinese scientists in China. It is believed to be an early ancestor of the horned ceratopsians. It was discovered in the famous Liaoning Province of China, where several feathered dinosaurs have also been...