Talk:Yandusaurus

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[edit] Hexinlusaurus

Actually, Yandusaurus multidens has been placed in its own genus, Hexinlusaurus Barrett, Bulter, and Knoll, 2005. Hexinlusaurus is very similar to Agilisaurus in morphology. In fact, it was transferred to Agilisaurus by Peng (1990, 1992) because of its similarity to A. louderbecki.

Peng G. 1990. [A new small ornithopod (Agilisaurus louderbacki gen. et sp. nov.) from Zigong, China]. [Newsletter of the Zigong Dinosaur Museum] 2: 19-27. [in Chinese]

Peng G. 1992. [Jurassic ornithopod Agilisaurus louderbacki (Ornithopoda: Fabrosauridae) from Zigong, Sichuan, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 30: 39-51. [in Chinese]