 (2008) recovered a different placement with "Wuerhosaurus" as being in a clade of taxa in derived Stegosaurinae, most closely related to "Hesperosaurus" and then "Stegosaurus".More recently, Maidment (2017) elaborated upon her earlier analyses, and instead resolved "Wuerhosaurus" as closest to "Stegosaurus", with "Hesperosaurus" being more closely related to "Miragaia".These results are shown below.