Name:
Fushanosaurus
(Fushan lizard).
Phonetic: Fu-shan-o-sor-us.
Named By: X.-R. Wang, W.-H. Wu, T. Li,
Q. Ji, Y.-X. Li & J.-F. Guo - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauriformes.
Species: F. qitaiensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain, but very roughly estimated to be
about 30 meters long.
Known locations: China, Xinjiang Province -
Shishugou Formation.
Time period: Late Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Right femur.
Fushanosaurus
is a genus of titanosaurian
dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late
Jurassic.
Further reading
- A new titanosauriform
dinosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from Late Jurassic of Junggar
Basin, Xinjiang. - Global Geology (in Chinese). 38
(3): 581–588. X.-R. Wang, W.-H. Wu, T. Li, Q.
Ji, Y.-X. Li & J.-F. Guo - 2019.
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