Yuxisaurus

Yu-ze-sor-us.
By Lilah Turner
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Lilah Turner

Evolutionary Biologist

Lilah Turner investigates how prehistoric animals adapted to changing environments, offering insights into evolution's mechanisms.

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Turner, L. (2016, August 12). Yuxisaurus. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/yuxisaurus/

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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.

In Depth

       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.

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