Huayangosaurus taibaii Dong et al. 1982 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Alternative combination: Huayangosaurus taibai

Full reference: Z. Dong, Z. Tang, and S.-w. Zhou. 1982. Note on the new Mid-Jurassic stegosaur from Sichuan Basin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 20(1):83-87

Belongs to Huayangosaurus according to S. C. R. Maidment et al. 2008

See also Barrett 2001, Borinder et al. 2016, Breeden et al. 2021, Buchholz 2002, Buffetaut et al. 2006, Butler et al. 2008, Carpenter et al. 2001, Costa and Mateus 2019, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019, Dong 1990, Dong 1992, Dong 1997, Dong et al. 1982, Gaete et al. 2011, Galton 1990, Galton 1990, Galton 2019, Galton and Carpenter 2016, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Hao et al. 2018, Jiang 2006, Li et al. 2011, Maidment 2010, Maidment et al. 2006, Norman et al. 2007, Olshevsky and Ford 1993, Peng et al. 2005, Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2013, Ulansky 2014, Vickaryous et al. 2001, Vickaryous and Ryan 1997, Wings et al. 2007 and Zhou 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V.6728, a skeleton. Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower]

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