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Changdusaurus

Reptilia - Stegosauridae

Taxonomy
Changdusaurus was named by Zhao (1985). Its type is Changdusaurus laminaplacodus.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Dong (1992).

It was assigned to Stegosauria by Zhao (1985); and to Stegosauridae by Ulansky (2014).

Species
C. laminaplacodus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Changdusaurus Zhao p. 288
2014Changdusaurus Ulansky p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
—Stegosauria()
familyStegosauridae
genusChangdusaurus

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. †Changdusaurus Zhao 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available