Bellusaurus

Bellusaurus
Temporal range: Oxfordian,
Skull reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Eusauropoda
Genus: Bellusaurus
Dong, 1990
Species:
B. sui
Binomial name
Bellusaurus sui
Dong, 1990

Bellusaurus (meaning "Beautiful lizard", from Vulgar Latin bellus 'beautiful' (masculine form) and Ancient Greek sauros 'lizard') was a small short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)[1] which measured about 4.8 metres (16 ft) long. Its fossils were found in Shishugou Formation rocks in the northeastern Junggar Basin in China.

  1. ^ Moore, Andrew J.; Mo, Jinyou; Clark, James M.; Xu, Xing (2018-06-01). "Cranial anatomy of Bellusaurus sui (Dinosauria: Eusauropoda) from the Middle-Late Jurassic Shishugou Formation of northwest China and a review of sauropod cranial ontogeny". PeerJ. 6: e4881. doi:10.7717/peerj.4881. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5985764. PMID 29868283.

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