Zhao Xijin

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Zhao Xijin is a Chinese paleontologist and has named numerous dinosaurs. He is currently a professor at Beijing's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.

[edit] List of Dinosaurs Named

• Chaoyangsaurus (1983)
• Chinshakiangosaurus (1986)
• Dachongosaurus (1986)
• Damalasaurus (1986)
• Klamelisaurus (1993)
• Kunmingosaurus (1986)
• Lancangjiangosaurus (1986)
• Megacervixosaurus (1983)
• Microdontosaurus (1983)
• Monkonosaurus (1990)
• Monolophosaurus (with P. Currie, 1994)
• Ngexisaurus (1983)
• Sangonghesaurus (1983)
• Sinraptor (with P. Currie, 1993)
• Oshanosaurus (1986)
• Xuanhuasaurus (1986)

Also, he named the family Mamenchisauridae (with Young Chung Chien, 1972).

[edit] External links

• Chinese American Dinosaur Exhibit Team Page