Emausaurus

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Emausaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Thyreophora Infraorder: Stegosauria Genus: Emausaurus
Species
Emausaurus ernsti (type)

Emausaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. Its fossils have been found in Germany. It was a primitive relative of the stegosaurs, and like all stegosaurs, it was a herbivore.

The type specimen, Emausaurus ernsti, was formalized by Haubold in 1991. Based on descriptions of the skull, it is possible Emausaurus was a similar to, but smaller than, Huayangosaurus.

[edit] References

• Information on Emausaurus and other stegosaurs, from "Thescelosaurus!" site