Bashanosaurus primitivus Hui et al. 2022 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: D. Hui, L. Ning, S. C. R. Maidment, W. Guangbiao, Z. Yuxuan, H. Xufeng, M. Qingyu, W. Xunqian, H. Haiqian and P. Guangzhao. 2022. New Stegosaurs from the Middle Jurassic Lower Member of the Shaximiao Formation of Chongqing, China . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1995737

Belongs to Bashanosaurus according to D. Hui et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CLGPR V00006-1, a partial skeleton (one dorsal vertebra, two caudal vertebrae, right scapula, right coracoid, left femur, left tibia, left fibula, one metatarsal, three pieces of dermal armor). Its type locality is Laojun Village, Pu’an Town, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial siltstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Laojun Village, Pu’an Town

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