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Wuerhosaurus
Wuerhosaurus homheni (Dong 1973)
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 137.1–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Wuerhosaurus homheni is a stegosaur dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 137.1–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Dong 1973). The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Wuerhosaurus sits in deep time
Wuerhosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Wuerhosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.