Genus
Valid Extinct

Bellusaurus

Dong 1990
Etymology Reptile délicat

Bellusaurus was a sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) known from juvenile specimens that would have measured about 4.8 metres (16 ft) long. Its fossils were found in Shishugou Formation rocks in the northeastern Junggar Basin in China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Bellusaurus
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Figure 1: Reconstruction of the skull of Bellusaurus sui from the Middle-Late Jurassic Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, China. This reconstruction is a composite based on isolated holotypic and referred material. (A) Right lateral view. (B) Dorsal view. Holotypic elements are indicated in blue and referred elements are in green. © Andrew J. Moore​, Jinyou Mo, James M. Clark, Xing Xu · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Mamenchisauridae Unranked clade
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Bellusaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Shishugou
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Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Bellusaurus sui 162 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Dong. 1990. Sauropoda from the Kelamaili region of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(1):43-58
Bibliography (1)
Z. Dong. 1990. Sauropoda from the Kelamaili region of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(1):43-58