Changdusaurus Zhao 1985 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Stegosauridae

Full reference: X. Zhao. 1985. [The Jurassic Reptilia]. [The Jurassic System of China. Stratigraphy of China, No. 11] 286-290

Parent taxon: Stegosauridae according to R. E. Ulansky 2014

See also Dong 1992 and Zhao 1985

Sister taxa: Dacentrurinae, Hesperosaurus, Huayangosaurinae, Jiangjunosaurus, Kentrosaurinae, Kentrurosaurinae, Lexovisaurus, Loricatosaurus, Mongolostegus, Priodontosaurus, Sauraechmodon, Scelidosaurinae, Siamodracon, Stegosaurinae, Stegosaurus, Wuerhosaurus mongoliensis, Yingshanosaurus

Subtaxa: Changdusaurus laminaplacodus

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Type: Changdusaurus laminaplacodus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dabuka, Daye (Jurassic of China)

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