LegendaryHuayangosaurus
Huayangosaurus taibaii
hwah-YANG-oh-SORE-us· “Huayang lizard”
🕰️ Jurassic🌿 herbivore🦴 Huayangosauridae
4.5 m
Length
1.3 m
Height
500 kg
Weight
One of the earliest and most primitive of the plated stegosaurs, from China. Unlike its later cousins, it still had small teeth at the front of its mouth.
When
Middle Jurassic, ~165 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Dong Zhiming, 1982
Did you know?
- It is one of the oldest and most primitive stegosaurs known.
- Unlike later stegosaurs, it kept small teeth at the front of its beak.
- A pair of large spikes stuck out from its shoulders.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.