Name
Yuxisaurus (Yuxi lizard).
Phonetic
Yu-ze-sor-us.
Named By
Xi Yao, Paul M Barrett, Lei Yang, Xing Xu & Shundong Bi - 2022.
Classification
Chordata, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora.
Diet
Herbivore.
Species
Y. kopchicki
Size
Estimated about 4 meters long.
Known locations
China - Fengjiahe Formation.
Time Period
Sinemurian-Toarcian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation
Partial skull and post cranial skeleton as well as well over a hundred osteoderms.
Yuxisaurus is a genus of armoured dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Jurassic. Quadrupedal and a browser of low growing vegetation, Yuxisaurusis considered to be a basal member of the thyreophoran dinosaurs.
Further reading
- A new early-branching armoured thyreophoran dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic of southwestern China. - bioRxiv: 1–43. - Xi Yao, Paul M Barrett, Lei Yang, Xing Xu & Shundong Bi - 2022.
