Genus

Valid Extinct

Wuerhosaurus

Dong 1973

Etymology Reptile de Wuerho

Wuerhosaurus is an extinct genus of stegosaurine stegosaur dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of China. The genus contains two species, Wuerhosaurus homheni, the type species named in 1973, and Wuerhosaurus ordosensis, named in 1993. It is one of the youngest known stegosaurs in the fossil record, alongside Mongolostegus and Yanbeilong.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Ornithischia Unranked clade

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Parapredentata Unranked clade

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Saphornithischia Unranked clade

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Prionodontia Unranked clade

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Genasauria Unranked clade

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Thyreophora Unranked clade

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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily

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Eurypoda Unranked clade

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Stegosauria Unranked clade

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Stegosauridae Family

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Neostegosauria Unranked clade

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Stegosaurinae Subfamily

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Wuerhosaurus Genus

Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇨🇳 China

Geological formations

Lianmuqin

Ejinhoro

Temporal distribution

Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Wuerhosaurus homheni 137 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

Z. Dong. 1973. [Dinosaurs from Wuerho]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica 11:45-52

Bibliography (2)

S. C. R. Maidment, D. B. Norman, and P. M. Barrett, P. Upchurch. 2008. Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(4):367-407 DOI ↗

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