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Bashanosaurus

Osteichthyes - Huayangosauridae

Taxonomy
Bashanosaurus was named by Hui et al. (2022). Its type is Bashanosaurus primitivus.

It was assigned to Stegosauria by Hui et al. (2022); and to Huayangosauridae by Sánchez-Fenollosa and Cobos (2025).

Species
B. primitivus (type species)
Entered
by G. Varnham (authorized by P. Mannion) on 2022-05-06; modified by G. Varnham on 2022-05-07

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Bashanosaurus Hui et al.
2025Bashanosaurus Sánchez-Fenollosa and Cobos p. 175

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—ParapredentataNorman 2022
—SaphornithischiaMadzia et al. 2001
—PrionodontiaOwen 1874
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
superfamilyThyreophoroidea()
—Eurypoda
—Stegosauria()
familyHuayangosauridaeDong et al. 1982
genusBashanosaurus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Bashanosaurus Hui et al. 2022
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†Bashanosaurus primitivus Hui et al. 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available