Yuxisaurus Yao et al. 2022 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: X. Yao, P. M. Barrett, L. Yang, X. Xu, and S. D. Bi. 2022. A new early branching armored dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of southwestern China. eLife 11:e75248:1-37

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

See also Yao et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Eurypoda, Jakapil, Scelidosauridae

Subtaxa: Yuxisaurus kopchicki

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jiaojiadian area B, near Zhanmatian village (Jurassic of China)

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