Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: X. Yao, Q. Zhao, T. Ren, G. Wei, and X. Xu. 2025. New evidence for the earliest ornithischian dinosaurs from Asia. iScience 28(1):111641

Parent taxon: Ornithischia according to X. Yao et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Alocodon, Amtosaurus, Apulosauripus, Armatosauria, Cairanoolithidae, Chilesaurus, Delatorrichnopodidae, Enoplosauria, Fabrosauridae, Fabrosaurus, Ferganocephale, Gregaripus, Gyrotrisauropus, Heterodontosauriformes, Komlosaurus, Krzyzanowskisaurus, Lesothosauria, Ligabueichnium, Minisauripus, Neornithischia, Parapredentata, Predentata, Prismatoolithidae, Tacuarembovum, Trimucrodon, Poposauria, Stegosauroidae

Subtaxa: Archaeocursor asiaticus

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Type: Archaeocursor asiaticus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Congyansi subway station (Jurassic of China)

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