Chaoyangsaurus youngi Zhao et al. 1999 (ceratopsian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Chaoyangsauridae

Alternative combination: Chaoyangosaurus youngi

Invalid subtaxa: Chaoyangosaurus liaosiensis Zhao and Cheng 1983 [replaced name], Chaoyoungosaurus liaosiensis Zhao and Cheng 1983 [replaced name]

Full reference: X. Zhao, Z. Cheng, and X. Xu. 1999. The earliest ceratopsian from the Tuchengzi Formation of Liaoning, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(4):681-697

Belongs to Chaoyangsaurus according to R. J. Butler et al. 2008

See also Buchholz 2002, Chinnery 2004, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Dong 1992, Han et al. 2012, Han et al. 2015, Jin et al. 2009, Lambert et al. 2001, Makovicky 2001, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Sereno 2000, Tanoue et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2011, Yang et al. 2020, You and Dodson 2004, Yu et al. 2020, Zhao 1985, Zhao et al. 1999 and Zhao et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Chaoyangsaurus youngi: IGCAGS V371, a partial skeleton
  • Chaoyangosaurus liaosiensis: IGCAGS V371. Its type locality is Ershijiazi, Chaoyang, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Valanginian fluvial mudstone in the Tuchengzi Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ershijiazi, Chaoyang (Jurassic of China)

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