Yuxisaurus kopchicki 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

Belongs to Yuxisaurus according to X. Yao et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CVEB 21,701, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Jiaojiadian area B, near Zhanmatian village, which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial siltstone in the Fengjiahe Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jiaojiadian area B, near Zhanmatian village

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