Outline: a typical sauropod
Fusuisaurus
"Fusui lizard"
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Mo et al. 2006
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
115 million years ago
Field notes
About Fusuisaurus
What it was like
Fusuisaurus was a large long-necked sauropod, a relative of the titanosaurs. It is known from a hip bone, ribs and a thigh bone.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now southern China. Its bones come from the Xinlong Formation, where the sauropod Liubangosaurus also lived.
How it was found
Mo and colleagues named it in 2006. It is named after the county where it was found.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauriformes
Sources: WikidataNamed in: J. Mo, W. Wang, and Z. Huang, X. Huang, X. Xu. 2006. A basal titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 80(4):486-489