Fusuisaurus
"Fusui lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Fusuisaurus 22 m (72 ft) long
as long as 13 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 22 m (72 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (120–100 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
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.
What we know
- Named by Mo et al., 2006.
- Body length estimated at about 22 m.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Fusuisaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.