Wannanosaurus yansiensis Hou 1977 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: L.-H. Hou. 1977. A new primitive Pachycephalosauria from Anhui, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(3):198-202

Belongs to Wannanosaurus according to R. J. Butler and Q. Zhao 2009

See also Becerra et al. 2016, Butler and Sullivan 2009, Butler et al. 2008, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Dong 1992, Evans et al. 2018, Han et al. 2012, Hou 1977, Longrich et al. 2010, Maryanska 1990, Maryanska et al. 2004, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Perle et al. 1982, Sereno 2000, Sues 1997, Sullivan 2006, Williamson and Carr 2003, Williamson et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2014, Yang et al. 2020, Yu 1998, Yu 1999 and Zhao 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V4447, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Yansi, Jingxian (IVPP), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Xiaoyan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Yansi, Jingxian (IVPP)

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