Wuerhosaurus

Wuerhosaurus was a stegosaurid dinosaur (related to Stegosaurus) from the Lower Cretaceous of China.Dong, Z. (1990). "Stegosaurs of Asia". In Carpenter, Kenneth; Currie, Philip J. Dinosaur Systematics: Approaches and Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. pp. 255–268. ISBN 978-0-521-43810-0.Dong Zhiming (1992). Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing. ISBN 3-540-52084-8.

Many details of the skeleton are lacking. It had bony, rounded plates along its back and probably 4 bony spikes at the tip of its tail. It had a shorter body and wider hip bones than other stegosaurids. It was one of the last genera of stegosaur known to survive, since most others died out by the end of the Jurassic.Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 156. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.

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category:Dinosaurs of Asia
category:Cretaceous dinosaurs
Category:Stegosaurs