Napaisaurus
Field photograph to come
Napaisaurus
DV-1184 · type species Napaisaurus guangxiensis
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Ji and Zhang 2022
Field notes
About Napaisaurus
Napaisaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Napaisaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Xinlong Formation. It was named by Ji and Zhang in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Styracosterna.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S.-a. Ji and P. Zhang. 2022. [First new genus and species of basal iguanodontian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from southern China]. Acta Geoscientia Sinica 43(1):1-10