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Basal Ornithischia and Stegosauria



Given that I've got a request for something on Ornithischia, I'm putting some of it up now.

`---Saurischia
..`--+---Pisanosaurus
....|...`---Lesothosaurus
....|.....`--Stormbergia
....|.......`--Agilisaurus
....|.........`---Ornithopoda
....|...........`---Abrictosaurus
....|.............`--+--Heterodontosaurus
....|...............|...`---Lycorhinus
....|...............`---Pachycephalosauria
....|.................`---Ceratopia
....`---Scutellosaurus
......`--+---Tatisaurus
........|...`---Emausaurus
........|.....`--+---Huayangosaurus
........|.........|...`---Regnosaurus
........|.........`---Dacentrurus
........|...........`---Chungkingosaurus
........|.............`---Chialingosaurus
........|...............`---Kentrosaurus
........|.................`---Lexovisaurus
........|...................`---Tuojiangosaurus
........|.....................`---Hesperosaurus
........|.......................`---Stegosaurus
........|.........................`---Wuerhosaurus
........`---Scelidosaurus
..........`---Ankylosauria

I've probably made my share of mistakes here, especially given the recent idea that Chialingosaurus may be invalid due the holotype material being missing or something. And I've recently heard that Stegosaurus was the only stegosaur to lack shoulder spines, not sure if this is true. If it is, it would be the most derived of them all. Do Wuerhosaurus or Hesperosaurus have shoulder spines?