Bellusaurus
Field photograph to come
Bellusaurus
DV-0332 · type species Bellusaurus sui
- Lived
- 159 to 158 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 5 m (16 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong 1990
Field notes
About Bellusaurus
Bellusaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 159 to 158 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Bellusaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shishugou Formation. It was named by Dong in 1990.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
To scale
How big was Bellusaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Mamenchisauridae.
- MamenchisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- OmeisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- XinjiangtitanMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AbrosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- TongnanlongLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- UragasaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Zigongosaurussauropod
- AnalongMiddle Jurassic
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Z. Dong. 1990. Sauropoda from the Kelamaili region of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(1):43-58