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Fusuisaurus

Say it: foo-SWAY-SORE-us

Name means: “Fusui lizard, after the Fusui County in Guangxi, China”3 1

Ate: PlantsLong-necksEarly Cretaceous

Fusuisaurus was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous. It was one of the biggest dinosaurs of its time, with a body as heavy as several elephants!1

Lived

121 to 113 million years ago3

Early Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Liubangcun, Fusui, Guangxi, China3 1

Food

Plants3

Length

22 m2

estimate

Weight

35 tonnes2

estimate

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

How long was it?

How heavy was it?

as heavy as 6 elephants

as long as 5 cars parked in a rowas long as 120 bananas end to endas heavy as 7000 watermelons

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Fun facts

Fusuisaurus is known from only a partial skeleton, including the left hip bone, left pubis, tail vertebrae, ribs, and the end of the left thigh bone.1

Scientists think Fusuisaurus was one of the largest sauropods from the Early Cretaceous period.1

It belongs to a group called Titanosauriformes, which includes some of the biggest dinosaurs ever.3 1

Fusuisaurus is considered a very early or 'basal' titanosauriform, meaning it had features that were not as advanced as later relatives.1

The fossils were found in the Napai Formation, which is about 121 to 113 million years old.3 1

Its full scientific name, Fusuisaurus zhaoi, honors a person named Zhao.1

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Scientific name: Fusuisaurus
Named by: Mo et al. 20063
Group: Long-necks
Family / clade: Titanosauriformes3
Classification: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
Age of the rocks: 121 to 113 million years (Aptian)3
Rock formations: Xinlong3
Countries: China3
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database3
Discovery: Fusuisaurus was named in 2006 by Mo Jinyou and colleagues based on a partial skeleton found in Guangxi, China.3 1
Still debated: Scientists are not sure exactly how big Fusuisaurus was, because only a few bones have been found.1

Where the facts come from

A Basal Titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, China (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Fusuisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Fusuisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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