Dinosauria›Saurischia›Sauropodomorpha›Mamenchisauridae
Silhouette unavailable

Bellusaurus Bellusaurus sui Dong 1990

/bˌɛluːsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Late Jurassic · 159–157.9 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Bellusaurus sui is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 159.0–157.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Dong 1990. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Bellusaurus sui sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Bellusaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Bellusaurus sui's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

same–clade
Rhoetosaurus
Rhoetosaurus brownei
View profile →
same–clade
Mamenchisaurus
Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis
View profile →
same–clade
Omeisaurus
Omeisaurus luoquanensis
View profile →
same–clade
Fushanosaurus
Fushanosaurus qitaiensis
View profile →