Bellusaurus
- Pronunciation: bel-uh-sore-us
- Name meaning: 'fine lizard'
- Type of dinosaur:
- sauropod
- Length:5.0m
- Diet: herbivorous
- Mid Jurassic
- Found in: China
Bellusaurus sui skeleton cast replica.
Bellusaurus (meaning "Beautiful lizard") was a small short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic which measured about 4.8 metres (15.74 feet) long. Its fossils were found in Wucaiwan Formation rocks in the northeastern Junggar Basin in China.
Bellusaurus Skeleton cast measures 420x70x200cm (13.77 x 2.29 x 6.56ft)
Bellusaurus complete leg:
Length 98.5 cm.
Wide 22 cm.
Foot:
Wide 22 cm.
Length 23 cm.
*Some photos show skeleton prior to painting
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Purchase price: $25,000 assembled
$20,000 unassembled
Bellusaurus (meaning "Beautiful lizard") was a small short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic which measured about 4.8 metres long. Its fossils were found in Wucaiwan Formation rocks in the northeastern Junggar Basin in China.
The type (and only known) species is Bellusaurus sui, formally described by Chao in 1987. Seventeen individuals were found in a single quarry, suggesting that a herd had been killed in a flash flood. Some features suggest they may have all been juveniles.
Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Sauropsida, Superorder: Dinosauria, Order: Saurischia, Suborder: Sauropodomorpha, Infraorder: Sauropoda, Genus: Bellusaurus sui
Bellusaurus is known from 17 partial skeletons, including from young dinosaurs.
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria
- Named by:
- Dong and Azuma (1990)
- Type species:
- sui
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