Reptilia - Ornithischia - Chaoyangsauridae
Alternative combination: Yinlong downsii
Full reference: X. Xu, C. A. Forster, J. M. Clark and J. Mo. 2006. A basal ceratopsian with transitional features from the Late Jurassic of northwestern China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273:2135-2140
Belongs to Yinlong according to B. T. Breeden et al. 2021
See also Becerra et al. 2016, Butler and Sullivan 2009, Butler and Zhao 2009, Cruzado-Caballero et al. 2019, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Han et al. 2012, Han et al. 2015, Hedrick et al. 2014, Ibiricu et al. 2019, Maidment and Barrett 2011, Tanoue et al. 2009, Xu et al. 2006 and Yu et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V14530, a skeleton. Its type locality is Wucaiwan ceratopsian 1 (IVPP), which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial horizon in the Shishugou Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Wucaiwan ceratopsian 1 (IVPP)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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