Yuxisaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
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Skeletal diagram, with osteoderms omitted | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Thyreophora |
Genus: | †Yuxisaurus Yao et al., 2022 |
Species: | †Y. kopchicki
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Binomial name | |
†Yuxisaurus kopchicki Yao et al., 2022
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Yuxisaurus (meaning "Yuxi lizard") is an extinct genus of basal thyreophoran dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-Toarcian) Fengjiahe Formation of southwestern China. The type species is Yuxisaurus kopchicki.