Pronunciation: HWAH-YANG-o-SOR-uh-day
Authors: Dong, Tang and Zhou
Year: 1982
Meaning: Huayangosaurus family (see etymology)
Locomotion: Quadrupedal (four legs)
Synonyms: None known
[Galton and Upchurch, 2004]Definition
All stegosaurs more closely related to Huayangosaurus than to Stegosaurus.
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Etymology
Huayangosauridae is derived from "Huayang" (an old name for Sichuan, the province in which the name-bearer—Huayangosaurus—was found), the Greek "sauros" (lizard), and the Latin "-idae" (family).
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References
• Dong Z. Tang Z and Zhou S-W (1982) "Note on the new Mid-Jurassic stegosaur from Sichuan Basin, China". Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 20(1): 83-87.
• Galton PM and Upchurch P (2004) "Stegosauria". In Weishampel, Osmolska, and Dodson (eds.) "The Dinosauria: Second Edition".
• Maidment SCR, Norman DB, Barrett PM and Upchurch P (2008) "Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 6(4): 367-407. DOI: 10.1017/S1477201908002459.
