Liaoningosaurus paradoxus Xu et al. 2001 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Full reference: X. Xu, X.-L. Wang, and H.-L. You. 2001. A juvenile ankylosaur from China. Naturwissenschaften 88:297-300

Belongs to Liaoningosaurus according to V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Han et al. 2014, Kirkland et al. 2013, Stanford et al. 2011, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and Xu et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V.12560, a skeleton. Its type locality is Wangjiagou, which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Wangjiagou

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