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Bellusaurus

Erinnya litegeeza: “beautiful lizard”1
Yalyanga: EbimeraEz'ensingo empanvuEnkomerero ya Jurasiki

Bellusaurus was a small, lightly built long-necked dinosaur that lived in China during the Late Jurassic. It is known from many young skeletons found together, which suggests it traveled in herds.12

Yabeerawo
emyaka obukadde 159 okutuuka ku 158 emabega4
Enkomerero ya Jurasiki
Ebisigalira byazuulibwa mu
Shishugou Formation, northeastern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China13
Obuwanvu
4.8 okutuuka ku 5 m (16 okutuuka ku 16 ft)12
Sipiidi esinga
nga 15 km/h (9 mph)
Okudduka, kuteebereza

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Tiriyasi
Jurasiki
Kuretasi
Emyaka obukadde 252 emabega20114566, asteroyidi

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1

Seventeen Bellusaurus skeletons were found in a single quarry, which scientists think means a whole herd died together in a flash flood.1

2

The known Bellusaurus fossils are all from young animals, maybe only about two years old, and they were still growing fast when they died.1

3

Bellusaurus was small and lightly built compared to many other sauropods, which is why its name means beautiful lizard.1

4

The species name sui honors Youling Sui, a dinosaur fossil restorer, and Bellusaurus was the last restoration he worked on.1

5

Scientists do not agree on exactly where Bellusaurus belongs in the dinosaur family tree. Some place it near the base of Macronaria, while a 2023 study suggests it was a mamenchisaurid.1

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Ebibuuzo ebisinga okubuuzibwa ku Bellusaurus

?How big was Bellusaurus?

About 4.8 metres (16 feet) long, but these are all young animals, so adults may have been larger.12

?What did Bellusaurus eat?

It was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants.2

?When did Bellusaurus live?

It lived during the Middle to Late Jurassic, about 166 to 159 million years ago.2

?Why is Bellusaurus called that?

Its name means 'beautiful lizard' in Latin and Greek, because it was small and lightly built.1

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Erinnya lya ssaayansi
Bellusaurus
Yatuumibwa
Dong 19904
Ekibinja
Ez'ensingo empanvu
Ekika / ekibinja
Mamenchisauridae4
Engabanya
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda4
Emyaka gy'enjazi
emyaka obukadde 159 okutuuka ku 158 ()4
Ensengeka z'enjazi
Shishugou4
Ensi
Cayina4
Ebisigalira ebyazuulibwa
1 mu The Paleobiology Database4
Okuzuulibwa
Bellusaurus was named by Chinese paleontologist Dong Zhiming in 1990. The fossils were found in the Shishugou Formation in China, and the type species is Bellusaurus sui.13
Kikyakubaganyizibwako ebirowoozo
Scientists debate whether Bellusaurus was a mamenchisaurid or a more primitive sauropod, because the known fossils are all from juveniles.1

Ebituufu gye biva

  1. Bellusaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Bellusaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
  3. PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
  4. Bellusaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): emyaka, ebifo, ensengeka z'enjazi, engabanya.

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