Napaisaurus

Napaisaurus; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 120–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	†Ornithischia
Clade:	†Ornithopoda
Clade:	†Styracosterna
Genus:	†Napaisaurus; Ji & Zhang, 2022
Type species
	Napaisaurus guangxiensis; Ji & Zhang, 2022

Napaisaurus is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Xinlong Formation of Guangxi, China. The type and only species is Napaisaurus guangxiensis.^[1]

Discovery and naming[]

The holotype of Napaisaurus is a right ilium and ischium discovered in 2020. Its mix of diagonstic characters led Ji & Zhang to name it as a new genus and species in 2021; the final article version was published in 2022. The generic name refers to the which the holotype locality is part of, and the specific name refers to the province where it was found.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Ji S, Zhang P (2022). "First new genus and species of basal iguanodontian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from southern China". Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 43 (1): 1–10. doi:10.3975/cagsb.2021.090701.

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[descr-1] Ji S, Zhang P (2022). "First new genus and species of basal iguanodontian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from southern China". Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 43 (1): 1–10. doi:10.3975/cagsb.2021.090701.

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