Emausaurus

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iEmausaurus
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.

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