Genus
Valid Extinct

Yueosaurus

Zheng et al. 2012
Etymology De ''Yue'', l’ancien nom du Zhejiang et de ''saurus'', lézard.

Yueosaurus is an extinct genus of basal neornithischian dinosaur known from Zhejiang Province, China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Yueosaurus
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Yueosaurus tiantaiensis, reconstructed skeletons, Zhejiang Geological Museum © Dlyj0604 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Thescelosauridae Family
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Thescelosaurinae Subfamily
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Yueosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Liangtoutang
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Yueosaurus tiantaiensis 113 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
W. Zheng, X. Jin, and M. Shibata, Y. Azuma, F.-M. Yu. 2012. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, China. Cretaceous Research 34:208-219 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
W. Zheng, X. Jin, and M. Shibata, Y. Azuma, F.-M. Yu. 2012. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, China. Cretaceous Research 34:208-219 DOI ↗