Bellusaurus

Bellusaurus sui Dong 1990

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 sits in deep time

TRIASSIC

JURASSIC

CRETACEOUS

Bellusaurus

252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

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

same–clade

Rhoetosaurus

Rhoetosaurus brownei

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same–clade

Mamenchisaurus

Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis

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same–clade

Omeisaurus

Omeisaurus luoquanensis

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same–clade

Fushanosaurus

Fushanosaurus qitaiensis

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