Liaoningosaurus Xu et al. 2001 (ankylosaurid)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Ankylosauridae

Full reference: X. Xu, X.-L. Wang, and H.-L. You. 2001. A juvenile ankylosaur from China. Naturwissenschaften 88:297-300

Parent taxon: Ankylosauridae according to J. Yang et al. 2017

See also Amiot et al. 2010, Arbour and Currie 2016, Han et al. 2014, Ruiz-OmeƱaca and Canudo 2003, Vickaryous et al. 2004 and Xu et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Ahshislepelta, Aletopelta, Ankylosaurinae, Bissektipelta, Cedarpelta, Chuanqilong, Datai, Dyoplosaurus giganteus, Gobisaurus, Maleevus, Minmi, Palaeoscincus asper, Polacanthinae, Shamosaurinae, Shamosaurus, Stegopeltinae, Syrmosaurinae

Subtaxa: Liaoningosaurus paradoxus

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Type: Liaoningosaurus paradoxus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Wangjiagou (Cretaceous of China)

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