Fusuisaurus
Fusuisaurus was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous. It was one of the biggest dinosaurs of its time, with a body as heavy as several elephants!1
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Fusuisaurus is known from only a partial skeleton, including the left hip bone, left pubis, tail vertebrae, ribs, and the end of the left thigh bone.1
Scientists think Fusuisaurus was one of the largest sauropods from the Early Cretaceous period.1
It belongs to a group called Titanosauriformes, which includes some of the biggest dinosaurs ever.31
Fusuisaurus is considered a very early or 'basal' titanosauriform, meaning it had features that were not as advanced as later relatives.1
Its full scientific name, Fusuisaurus zhaoi, honors a person named Zhao.1
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- Scientific name
- Fusuisaurus
- Named by
- Mo et al. 20063
- Group
- Long-necks
- Family / clade
- Titanosauriformes3
- Classification
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
- Age of the rocks
- 121 to 113 million years (Aptian)3
- Rock formations
- Xinlong3
- Countries
- China3
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database3
- Discovery
- Fusuisaurus was named in 2006 by Mo Jinyou and colleagues based on a partial skeleton found in Guangxi, China.31
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly how big Fusuisaurus was, because only a few bones have been found.1
Where the facts come from
- A Basal Titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, China (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- Fusuisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Fusuisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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