Jinzhousaurus Wang and Xu 2001 (iguanodontid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Iguanodontidae

Full reference: X. Wang and X. Xu. 2001. A new iguanodontid (Jinzhousaurus yangi gen. et sp. nov.) from the Yixian Formaton of western Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 46(19):1669-1672

Parent taxon: Iguanodontidae according to D. B. Norman 2014

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Barrett et al. 2009, Gilpin et al. 2007, McDonald et al. 2010, McDonald et al. 2010, Norman 2004, Paul 2008, Prieto-Márquez 2010, Ramírez-Velasco et al. 2012, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Verdú et al. 2021, Wang et al. 2011, Wang and Xu 2001 and Xing et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Barilium, Bolong, Cetiosaurus brachyurus, Proiguanodon, Hadrosauridae

Subtaxa: Jinzhousaurus yangi

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Baicaigou, Toutai (Cretaceous of China)

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