Fusuisaurus

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Fusuisaurus
Temporal range: 120–100  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade:† Sauropodomorpha
Clade:† Sauropoda
Clade:† Macronaria
Clade:† Titanosauriformes
Genus:† Fusuisaurus
Mo et al., 2006
Species:
†F. zhaoi
Binomial name
†Fusuisaurus zhaoi
Mo et al., 2006

Fusuisaurus (meaning "Fusui lizard" from the name of the county where it was discovered) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Fragmentary postcranial remains of this animal have been discovered in 2001 in the Xinlong Formation of Guangxi, and consist of the left ilium, left pubis, anterior caudals, most of the dorsal ribs, and distal end of the left femur. This sauropod has been described as a basal titanosauriform. The type species is F. zhaoi, named in honour of Chinese paleontologist Zhao Xijin. [1]

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Size

In 2016, Gregory S. Paul gave a length of 22 metres (72 feet) and a weight of 35 tonnes (39 short tons). [2] This sauropod was a very large animal, as its humerus was 183.5 centimetres (72.2 inches) long. Despite this, it is relatively light in body mass. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Mo et al. 2006, p. 486.
  2. ↑ Paul, Gregory S. (2016). The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (2nd ed.). New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 222.
  3. ↑ Mo, Jinyou; Li, Jincheng; Ling, Yunchuan; Buffetaut, Eric; Suteethorn, Suravech; Suteethorn, Varavud; Tong, Haiyan; Cuny, Gilles; Amiot, Romain & Xu, Xing (2020). "New fossil remain of Fusuisaurus zhaoi (Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Guangxi, southern China" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 109: 104379. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10904379M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104379. S2CID   214396629.

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