Reptilia - Ornithischia - Stegosauridae
Full reference: Z. Dong, Z. Tang, and S.-w. Zhou. 1982. Note on the new Mid-Jurassic stegosaur from Sichuan Basin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 20(1):83-87
Parent taxon: Stegosauridae according to G. Peng et al. 2005
See also Dong 1990, Dong 1992, Dong et al. 1982, Zhou 1983 and Zhou 1986
Sister taxa: Changdusaurus, Dacentrurinae, Hesperosaurus, Jiangjunosaurus, Kentrosaurinae, Kentrurosaurinae, Lexovisaurus, Loricatosaurus, Mongolostegus, Priodontosaurus, Sauraechmodon, Scelidosaurinae, Siamodracon, Stegosaurinae, Stegosaurus, Wuerhosaurus mongoliensis, Yingshanosaurus
Subtaxa: Chungkingosaurus Gigantspinosaurus
Type: Huayangosaurus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence