Huayangosaurus
Field photograph to come
Huayangosaurus
DV-0277
- Lived
- 171 to 155 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 4.5 m (15 ft)
- Group
- Stegosaurs, Huayangosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong et al. 1982
Field notes
About Huayangosaurus
Huayangosaurus was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 171 to 155 million years ago. It belongs to the family Huayangosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Huayangosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shaximiao Formation. It was named by Dong et al. in 1982.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
To scale
How big was Huayangosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Huayangosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong, Z. Tang, and S.-w. Zhou. 1982. Note on the new Mid-Jurassic stegosaur from Sichuan Basin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 20(1):83-87