Bashanosaurus
Field photograph to come
Bashanosaurus
DV-1168 · type species Bashanosaurus primitivus
- Lived
- 168 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Stegosaurs, Huayangosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Hui et al. 2022
Field notes
About Bashanosaurus
Bashanosaurus was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 168 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Huayangosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Bashanosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Hui et al. in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Huayangosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. Hui, L. Ning, and S. C. R. Maidment, W. Guangbiao, Z. Yuxuan, H. Xufeng, M. Qingyu, W. Xunqian, H. Haiqian, P. Guangzhao. 2022. New Stegosaurs from the Middle Jurassic Lower Member of the Shaximiao Formation of Chongqing, China . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology