“`html Changmiania Changmiania (CHANG-mee-AH-nee-ah; “Eternal Sleep”) is a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 123 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Lujiatun Formation in Liaoning Province, China. The name Changmiania comes from the Mandarin Chinese words for “eternal sleep,” because the two known specimens were […]
“`html Changyuraptor: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Changyuraptor Changyuraptor (CHAHNG-yoo-RAP-tor; “Long-feathered raptor”) is a genus of microraptorine dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 125 million years ago, in what is now Liaoning Province, northeastern China. The name Changyuraptor comes from the Mandarin Chinese words “chang yu” (é•·ç¾½), meaning “long feather,”
Chaoyangsaurus: Profile of an Early Horned Dinosaur Chaoyangsaurus Chaoyangsaurus (CHOW-yahng-SAWR-us; “Chaoyang lizard”) is a genus of small, early ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period, approximately 150 to 145 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Liaoning Province of northeastern China. Chaoyangsaurus was first named and described by paleontologists Zhao Xijin,
Charonosaurus Charonosaurus (KAR-oh-no-SAWR-us; “Charon’s lizard”) is a genus of large, duck-billed dinosaur known as a hadrosaur. It lived during the very end of the Late Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago, in what is now northeastern China and far eastern Russia, near the Amur River. The name refers to Charon, the ferryman of the
Chasmosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Chasmosaurus Chasmosaurus (KAZ-mo-SAWR-us; “opening lizard”) is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 76.5 to 75.5 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in what is now Alberta, Canada. The name Chasmosaurus refers to the large openings, called fenestrae, in its prominent
“`html Chebsaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Chebsaurus Chebsaurus (CHEB-sawr-us; “Cheb lizard”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 168 to 165 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in what is now Algeria, in North Africa. Chebsaurus was named and described in 2005 by a team of
“`html Chenanisaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Chenanisaurus Chenanisaurus (sheh-NAH-nee-SAWR-us; “Sidi Chennane lizard”) is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the very end of the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 67 to 66 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, North Africa. The name Chenanisaurus honors
Chialingosaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Chialingosaurus Chialingosaurus (chee-AH-ling-o-SAWR-us; “Chialing Lizard”) is a genus of stegosaurian dinosaur that lived during the Middle Jurassic period, approximately 168 to 165 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Upper Shaximiao Formation in Sichuan Province, China. The name refers to the Chialing River (now Jialing River) near
“`html Chiayusaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Chiayusaurus Discovery and Naming Chiayusaurus (CHAH-yoo-SAWR-us; “Jiayu Pass Lizard”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that is thought to have lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 145 to 100 million years ago, in what is now China. The name Chiayusaurus means “Jiayu Pass lizard,” referring to the
Chilantaisaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Chilantaisaurus Chilantaisaurus (CHEE-lan-tie-SAWR-us; “Chilantai lizard”) is a genus of large meat-eating dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 92 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in what is now Inner Mongolia, China. The name Chilantaisaurus refers to Lake Jilantai (Chilantai), a salt lake near where its
