Tianzhenosaurus

Tianzhenosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Reconstructed skeleton of T. youngi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Thyreophora
Clade: Ankylosauria
Family: Ankylosauridae
Subfamily: Ankylosaurinae
Genus: Tianzhenosaurus
Pang & Cheng, 1998
Type species
Tianzhenosaurus youngi
Pang & Cheng, 1998
Species
  • Tianzhenosaurus chengi Pang, Li & Guo, 2024
  • Tianzhenosaurus youngi Pang & Cheng, 1998
Synonyms

Tianzhenosaurus (meaning “Tianzhen lizard”) is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous Huiquanpu Formation of Shanxi Province, China. The genus contains two species, T. youngi (the type species) and T. chengi. Some researchers have suggested that Tianzhenosaurus may represent a junior synonym of Saichania, an ankylosaurine from the Barun Goyot and Nemegt formations.