Lanzhousaurus You et al. 2005 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: H. You, Q. Ji, and D. Li. 2005. Lanzhousaurus magnidens gen. et sp. nov. from Gansu Province, China: the largest-toothed herbivorous dinosaur in the world. Geological Bulletin of China 24(9):785-794

Parent taxon: Styracosterna according to A. T. McDonald 2012

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Chen et al. 2008, McDonald et al. 2010, Paul 2008, RamĂ­rez-Velasco et al. 2012, VerdĂș et al. 2021, Xie et al. 2016 and You et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Calvarius, Cumnoria, Dakotadon, Delapparentia, Draconyx, Hadrosauriformes, Hippodraco, Iguanacolossus, Magnamanus, Napaisaurus, Riabininohadros, Theiophytalia

Subtaxa: Lanzhousaurus magnidens

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Zhongpu, Lintao (Cretaceous of China)

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