# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lu-junchang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:48:42.563Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lu-junchang"
name: "Lü Junchang"
slug: "lu-junchang"
description: "Lü Junchang was a Chinese palaeontologist and professor at the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. An expert on Mesozoic reptiles, he described and named dozens of dinosaur and pterosaur taxa including Tongtianlong, Qianzhousaurus, Heyuannia, Gannansaurus, Yunnanosaurus youngi, and Darwinopterus."
tagline: "Chinese paleontologist (1965-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lu_%26_Brusatte_at_Qianzhousaurus_type_locality.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
birthDate: "1965"
deathDate: "2018-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.342009333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%82%E5%90%9B%E6%98%8C"
    title: "呂君昌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Junchang"
    title: "Lü Junchang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Junchang"
    title: "Lü Junchang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%82%E5%90%9B%E6%98%8C"
    title: "呂君昌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC_Junchang"
    title: "Lü Junchang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junchang_L%C3%BC"
    title: "Junchang Lü"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%82%E5%90%9B%E6%98%8C"
    title: "呂君昌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11764498"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump