Fushanosaurus
Field photograph to come
Fushanosaurus
DV-1053 · type species Fushanosaurus qitaiensis
- Lived
- 162 to 155 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Wang et al. 2019
Field notes
About Fushanosaurus
Fushanosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Jurassic, 162 to 155 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Fushanosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Shishugou Formation. It was named by Wang et al. in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauriformes.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X.-R. Wang, W.-H. Wu, and T. Li, Q. Ji, Y.-X. Li, J.-F. Guo. 2019. A new titanosauriform dinosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from Late Jurassic of Junggar Basin, Xinjiang. Global Geology 38(3):581-588