Family
Valid Extinct

Huayangosauridae

Dong et al. 1982

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Huayangosauridae
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PBDB
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Parapredentata Unranked clade
Saphornithischia Unranked clade
Prionodontia Unranked clade
Genasauria Unranked clade
Thyreophora Unranked clade
Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
Eurypoda Unranked clade
Stegosauria Unranked clade
Huayangosauridae Family
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
4
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Los Molles
1
Wangjiashan
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
3
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Bajocian (170.9–168.2 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. M. Galton. 1990. Stegosauria. The Dinosauria, D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, & H. Osmólska (editors), University of California Press, Berkeley
Bibliography (5)
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