Huayangosaurus Dong et al. 1982 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Huayangosauridae

Full reference: Z. Dong, Z. Tang, and S.-w. Zhou. 1982. Note on the new Mid-Jurassic stegosaur from Sichuan Basin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 20(1):83-87

Parent taxon: Huayangosauridae according to S. Sánchez-Fenollosa and A. Cobos 2025

See also Blows 2001, Buchholz 2002, Carpenter et al. 2001, Carroll 1988, Dong 1990, Dong 1992, Dong 1997, Dong et al. 1982, Galton 1990, Galton 1990, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Li et al. 2011, Maidment et al. 2008, Maidment et al. 2006, Mateus et al. 2009, Olshevsky and Ford 1993, Peng et al. 2005, Sereno 1986, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Tumanova and Alifanov 2018, Ulansky 2014, Zhou 1983 and Zhou 1986

Sister taxa: Baiyinosaurus, Bashanosaurus, Gigantspinosaurus, Isaberrysaura

Subtaxa: Huayangosaurus taibaii

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower] (Jurassic of China)

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