Abstract: A small and primitive ankylosaur, described as a new genus and species Tianchiasaurus nedegoapeferima, was collected from the Middle Jurassic Toutunhe Formation of the Sangonghe Valley of Fukang County, Xinjiang. The locality is near the famous Tianchi (Heavenly Lake) of the Tianshan Mountains. This is the first ankylosaur discovered in the Middle Jurassic of Central Asia.

摘要： 一小的甲龙，作为甲龙科(Ankylosauridae)中一新属新种，明星天池龙(Tianchisaurus nedegoapeferima gen. et sp. nov.)被记述。化石是1974年，新疆大学地质地理系的师生在新疆阜康县三工河地区作野外实习时采得，其产地的地层层位经新疆石油管理局东疆石油指挥部彭希龄核对为中侏罗世头顿河组。化石包括破的头骨碎片，五个颈推，六个背推，一个完整荐部(由七个椎体组成)，三个尾推，和许多膜质的甲胄，甲板，以及一些四肢骨。标本编号: V.10614。新属新种的特征是: