Huayangosaurus

Huayangosaurus
Name meaning	Huayang lizard
Diet	Herbivore
Height	4 feet (1.3 meters)
Length	13 feet (4 meters)
Weight	1,000 pounds (450 kgs)
Range	China
Birth type	Egg
Game appearances	Jurassic World: Evolution

Huayangosaurus is a very important member of the same family to which Stegosaurus belongs. It is the oldest known member of the stegosaur family and it seems to demonstrate how these dinosaurs evolved the plates along their backs. Huayangosaurus was less than half the size of its later family members.

This dinosaur is considered one of the most important fossils to be discovered in China. It is one of only two stegosaurs to be found with an associated skull. Huayangosaurus exhibits many characteristics of an evolutionarily transitional species. The plates along its back become more spike-like the closer they are to the tail. This supports the theory that stegosaur plates evolved from spikes. The skull and teeth are also more primitive than later stegosaurs, as this species still had premaxillary teeth, which disappeared in later stegosaurs.

Wikipedia has a more detailed and comprehensive article on Huayangosaurus

Games

Jurassic World: Evolution

see Huayangosaurus/JW: E

Huayangosaurus appears in the game Jurassic World: Evolution. Its body is a light brown colour with darker brown across its back. This is the first time it has appeared in any Jurassic Park media.