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Huayangosaurus

Huayangosaurus taibaii Dong et al. 1982

Middle Jurassic (Oxfordian) · 170.9–154.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Huayangosaurus taibaii is a stegosaur dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic, roughly 170.9–154.8 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Dong et al. 1982. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Huayangosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Huayangosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Huayangosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Limusaurus
Limusaurus inextricabilis
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predator–prey
Chuandongocoelurus
Chuandongocoelurus primitivus
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predator–prey
Yangchuanosaurus
Yangchuanosaurus zigongensis
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coexisted–with
Shunosaurus
Shunosaurus lii
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coexisted–with
Gongbusaurus
Gongbusaurus wucaiwanensis
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same–clade
Loricatosaurus
Loricatosaurus priscus
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same–clade
Adratiklit
Adratiklit boulahfa
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same–clade
Thyreosaurus
Thyreosaurus atlasicus
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