Wuerhosaurus Wuerhosaurus homheni (Dong 1973)
/wjˌuːrhəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 137.1–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Regions
Xinjiang · Nei Mongol
Formations
Lianmuqin · Ejinhoro
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
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 is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Xinjiang, China. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Wuerhosaurus homheni sits in deep time
Wuerhosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Wuerhosaurus homheni's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.