Fushanosaurus qitaiensis
"Fushan lizard"
- Length
- 30 m (98 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (161–156 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Fushanosaurus (; meaning “Fushan lizard”, after the Fushan Museum where its remains are stored) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Shishugou Formation from Xinjiang Province in China. The type and only species is Fushanosaurus qitaiensis (). It is solely known from the holotype specimen FH000101, a complete right femur.
The holotype femur of F. qitaiensis is 180 cm long. By comparison to two other giant sauropods from Asia, Ruyangosaurus and Daxiatitan, Fushanosaurus was estimated to have been approximately 30 m long, which would then make it one of the longest known dinosaurs.
What we know
- Named by Wang et al., 2019.
- Body length estimated at about 30 m.
- Fossils found in Asia and China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Fushanosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.