Zhongyuansaurus

Zhongyuansaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Holotype skull of Z. luoyangensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Thyreophora
Clade: Ankylosauria
Clade: Euankylosauria
Family: Ankylosauridae
Genus: Zhongyuansaurus
Xu et al., 2007
Type species
Zhongyuansaurus luoyangensis
Xu et al., 2007
Other species
  • Zhongyuansaurus junchangi Zhang et al., 2025

Zhongyuansaurus (meaning "Zhongyuan lizard") is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous Haoling Formation of what is now Henan Province, China. The genus contains two species, Z. luoyangensis, named in 2007, and Z. junchangi, named in 2025, both known from a single partial skeleton. Zhongyuansaurus is similar to Gobisaurus, prompting some researchers to regard the genera as synonymous.