In a family of particularly goofy dinosaurs, Wuerhosaurus stands out as one of the goofiest. It bears the distinction of being the only known stegosaur whose plates were longer than they are tall. It also appears to be one of the few plated dinosaurs to have alternating rows of armor along its back, instead of the two paired rows sported by most stegosaurians.

Wuerhosaurus is also distinguished by its appendicular skeleton (the bones of the limbs, shoulders and hips). Although incompletely known, the elements that have been discovered are quite unique. Its hips, for example, are extremely wide, well over 4 feet at their widest point. The adaptive strategy of this is unclear, but hip-widening seems to be a trend among the more advanced Asian stegosaurs.

The other striking feature of W. homheni is its extremely short arms. Although no Wuerhosaurus leg bones have been found, stegosaurids tend to have long hindlimbs and comparatively short forelimbs. Some paleontologists believe this allowed Stegosaurus to rear up on their hindlegs to reach leaves and other high-growing foliage. But whereas the humerus (upper arm bone) of Stegosaurus was half as long as its hip, Wuerhosaurus' hip was a full three times longer than its humerus. This suggests that Wuerhosaurus might have been the most bipedal of all stegosaurs, which is how it is restored here.