Yuxisaurus
| Yuxisaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
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| Skeletal diagram excluding osteoderms | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Thyreophora |
| Genus: | †Yuxisaurus Yao et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †Y. kopchicki
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| Binomial name | |
| †Yuxisaurus kopchicki Yao et al., 2022
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Yuxisaurus (lit. 'Yuxi lizard') is an extinct genus of early thyreophoran dinosaur from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian-Toarcian) Fengjiahe Formation of southwestern China. The genus contains a single species, Yuxisaurus kopchicki, known from a partial skeleton and many osteoderms.