According to history:“Yu the Great points for the world into Jiuzhou and since Yuzhou is the center of Jiuzhou and Runan is the center of Yu, Runan is called Tianzhong.”
Xu Shao was a native of Pingyu (平輿), Runan (汝南), which is located northeast of present-day Ruyang County, Yuzhou, Henan.
The genus was named after Yuzhou (禹州), the previous name of Chungking- a major city on the Yangtze River, and where the first fossil of Yuzhoupliosaurus was found.
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