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BELLUSAURUS
(bel-lu-sore-us)
meaning: "Beautiful lizard"
Bellusaurus
Named By: Z. Dong in 1990
Time Period: Middle Jurassic, 170 Ma
Location: China - Shishougou Formation
Size: Around 4.8 to 5 meters long for the remains found, though older individuals would have likely been larger
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): At least 17 individuals represented by partial remains, probably of juveniles
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda | Mamenchisauridae |
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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 Middle Jurassic which measured about 4.8 metres (16 ft) long. Its fossils were found in Shishugou Formation rocks in the northeastern Junggar Basin in China.

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