Chinshakiangosaurus

Translingual

Etymology

From Mandarin 金沙江 (Jīnshā Jiāng, literally “Jinsha River ("Golden Sand River"), a major tributary of the Yangtze River in China”), via Wade-Giles romanization Chin¹-sha¹-chiang¹ + -saurus.

Proper noun

†Chinshakiangosaurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the superfamily Sauropodomorpha – a basal Sauropoda dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of China.

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