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Bellusaurus sui Dong 1990 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

PaleoDB taxon number: 54862

Belongs to Bellusaurus according to P. Upchurch et al. 2004

See also Dong 1990, Dong 1992, Dong 1997, Dong 2001, Knoll et al. 2012, Lockley 1994, Martin-Rolland 1999, Mocho et al. 2014, Royo-Torres et al. 2006 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V.8299. Its type locality is Konglonggou, IVPP Loc. 83003, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Shishugou Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 550.0, humerus length 355.0, radius length 255.0, scapula length 480.0, skull length 178.0, tibia length 395.0, ulna length 270.0

Estimated body mass: 694.1 kg based on femur length

Age range: 161.2 to 155.7 Ma

Distribution: found only at Konglonggou, IVPP Loc. 83003