Genus
Valid Extinct

Yandusaurus

He 1979

Yandusaurus is a genus of basal neornithischian dinosaur from the middle Jurassic of eastern Asia. The type species is Y. hongheensis, described in 1979 from the Lower Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Yandusaurus
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Yandusaurus hongheensis, a neornithischian dinosaur. © Raingerr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Yandusaurus
Yandusaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Yandusaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
3 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Shaximiao
2
Temporal distribution
Bajocian (170.9–168.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Yandusaurus hongheensis 171 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
P. C. Sereno. 1986. Phylogeny of the bird-hipped dinosaurs (order Ornithischia). National Geographic Research 2(2):234-256
Bibliography (1)
X. He and K. Cai. 1984. The Middle Jurassic dinosaur fauna from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan. Vol. I. The ornithopod dinosaurs. Sichuan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Chengdu