Dinosaurs · Armoured dinosaur
Huayangosaurus
Say it hoy-YANG-oh-SORE-us. The name means ‘Huayang lizard’.
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diet
- Plant-eater
- When
- Mid Jurassic170 to 160 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong, Tang and Zhou (1982)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Thyreophora › Stegosauria › Huayangosauridae
Armoured dinosaurs. Plated and armoured plant-eaters, such as Stegosaurus and the ankylosaurs. See all 33
Lived at the same time
- Bellusaurus · same country
- Gasosaurus · same country
- Monolophosaurus · same country
- Shunosaurus · same country
- Yuanmousaurus · same country
- Agilisaurus · same country
- Omeisaurus · same country
- Sinraptor · same country
Other armoured dinosaurs
- Spicomellus Mid Jurassic
- Chungkingosaurus Late Jurassic
- Yingshanosaurus Late Jurassic
- Tuojiangosaurus Late Jurassic
- Kentrosaurus Late Jurassic
- Dacentrurus Late Jurassic
- Gargoyleosaurus Late Jurassic
- Hesperosaurus Late Jurassic
Source: Huayangosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.