Bellusaurus
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| Bellusaurus Fossil range: Middle Jurassic |
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Bellusaurus (meaning "Beautiful lizard") was a small short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic which measured about 4.8 metres long. Its fossils were found in Wucaiwan Formation rocks in the northeastern Junggar Basin in China.
[edit] Discovery and species
The type (and only known) species is Bellusaurus sui, formally described by Chao in 1987. Seventeen individuals were found in a single quarry, suggesting that a herd had been killed in a flash flood. Some features suggest they may have all been juveniles.
Bellusaurus species
- B. sui
[edit] References
- Dong Zhiming (1992). Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing. ISBN 3-540-52084-8.
[edit] External links
- http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6c1d1.htm
- Bellusaurus in the Dino Directory
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