Changchunsaurus Zan et al. 2005 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Neornithischia - Thescelosauridae

Full reference: S.-Q. Zan, J. Chen, L.-Y. Jin and T. Li. 2005. A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Quantou Formation of central Jilin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43(3):182-193

Parent taxon: Thescelosaurinae according to A. O. Fonseca et al. 2024

See also Alifanov and Saveliev 2014, Amiot et al. 2010, Brown et al. 2013, Chen et al. 2008, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Han et al. 2012, Herne et al. 2019, Jin et al. 2010, Madzia et al. 2018 and Zan et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Changmiania, Fona, Haya, Jeholosaurus, Parksosaurus, Thescelosaurus, Yueosaurus

Subtaxa: Changchunsaurus parvus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shanqian, Liufangzi, Gongzhuling quarry (Cretaceous of China)

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