Genus: Borealosaurus YOU, JI, LAMANNA, LI & LI, 2004
Etymology:
Greek, borealis, "northern," referreing to the location of the fossil site
in northern China, and the Northern Hemisphere, and Greek, sauros,
"lizard": Northern lizard.
Species: wimani YOU, JI, LAMANNA, LI & LI, 2004
Etymology: In honor of Swedish paleontologist Carl Wiman, who named the first
Chinese Dinosaur (Helopus in 1929, though renamed Euhelopus by
ROMER in 1956)
Holotype: LPM0167
Locality: Near the Shuangmiao Village, Beipiao Basin, Liaoning Province, China.
Horizon: Sunjiawan Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Middle Cretaceous-Turonian Stage, upper Gallic subepoch, lower Gulf Epoch, Early Late Cretaceous.
Material: A mid-dorsal caudal vertebra.
Referred material:
LPM0168: A middle caudal vertebra.
LPM0169: An isolated tooth crown.
LPM0170: Right humerus.