Dinosaur
Huayangosaurus
It retained teeth in the front part of the upper jaw, unlike later stegosaurs.
Huayangosaurus allows us to discover a relative of Stegosaurus that was smaller and lived much earlier.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Huayangosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Huayangosauridae
- Huayangosaurids
- Fossil locations
- China
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Huayangosaurus
It was a stegosaur about four meters long, much smaller than Stegosaurus. It was also older, living before that famous relative.
Unlike later stegosaurs, it retained teeth at the front of the upper jaw. That feature highlights differences within the group. Stegosaurs changed over time rather than all following one fixed body plan.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Huayangosaurus taibaii
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- Huayangosaurus
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- Huayangosauridae
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- Living birds
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