“`html Yueosaurus Yueosaurus (YOO-ay-oh-SAWR-us; “Lizard from Yue”) is a genus of small, plant-eating ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the late Early Cretaceous period, around 120 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in Zhejiang Province in southeastern China. The name Yueosaurus refers to “Yue,” an ancient state in the region where this dinosaur once roamed. […]
Yulong: The Small Jade Dragon of the Cretaceous Yulong Yulong (YOO-long; “Jade Dragon”) is a genus of small oviraptorid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 72 to 66 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Qiupa Formation of Henan Province, China. The name Yulong comes from the Chinese words
Yunmenglong: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Yunmenglong Yunmenglong (YUN-mung-long; “Yunmeng Dragon”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 125 to 100 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in Ruyang County, Henan Province, China. The name Yunmenglong refers to the vast ancient Yunmeng marshlands that once covered parts
“`html Yunnanosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Yunnanosaurus Yunnanosaurus (YOO-nan-oh-SAWR-us; “Yunnan lizard”) is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic period, approximately 201 to 174 million years ago. Its fossils have been discovered in the Lufeng Formation in Yunnan Province, China, which is how it got its name. The first specimens
“`html Yurgovuchia: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Yurgovuchia Yurgovuchia (YER-go-VOO-kee-ah; “coyote”) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that roamed North America during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 130 to 125 million years ago. The name Yurgovuchia comes from the Ute word for “coyote,” chosen because this dinosaur was a predator and its fossils were
“`html Yutyrannus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Yutyrannus Yutyrannus (YOO-tih-RAN-us; “Feathered Tyrant”) is a genus of proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 125 million years ago, in what is now northeastern China. The name comes from the Mandarin Chinese word “yǔ” (羽) meaning feather, and the Greek word “tyrannos” (τύραννος)
“`html Zalmoxes: The Robust Dwarf of Hațeg Island Zalmoxes Zalmoxes (ZAL-mox-eez; “Named for the deity Zalmoxis”) is a genus of rhabdodontid ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 70 to 66 million years ago, in what is now Romania. The name refers to Zalmoxis, a deity of the ancient Dacian people who
Zanabazar Zanabazar (ZAH-nah-bah-ZAHR; “Named after Zanabazar”) Zanabazar is a genus of troodontid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago, in what is now Mongolia. The name honors Zanabazar, the first spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia and a renowned scholar and artist. Zanabazar was first described in
“`html Zapalasaurus Zapalasaurus (zah-PAH-lah-SAWR-us; “Zapala lizard”) is a genus of diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 130 to 125 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the La Amarga Formation in Neuquén Province, Argentina, in South America. The name Zapalasaurus honors the nearby city of Zapala, combined with the
“`html Zapsalis: Profile of a Mysterious Prehistoric Raptor Zapsalis Zapsalis (ZAP-suh-liss; “Thorough Shears”) is a genus of theropod dinosaur known primarily from teeth found in Late Cretaceous period deposits of North America, dating back about 76.5 to 75 million years ago. The name, given by paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1876, refers to a Greek
