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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
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.