Jeholosaurus Xu et al. 2000 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Neornithischia - Jeholosauridae

Full reference: X. Xu, X.-L. Wang, and H.-L. You. 2000. A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(4):318-325

Parent taxon: Jeholosauridae according to D. Madzia et al. 2021

See also Alifanov and Saveliev 2014, Barrett and Han 2009, Brown et al. 2013, Buchholz 2002, Butler et al. 2007, Butler et al. 2008, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Galton 2009, Godefroit et al. 2009, Han et al. 2012, Herne et al. 2019, Madzia et al. 2018, Norman et al. 2004, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003 and Xu et al. 2000

Sister taxon: Kulindapteryx

Subtaxa: Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (IVPP) (Cretaceous of China)

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