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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Dinosaur Catalog

Bellusaurus sui Saurischia Sauropodomorpha

Skeleton of Bellusaurus
Bellusaurus, discovered in 1982, is a small herbivorous dinosaur. It is characterized by a short neck among sauropods. The centrum length of the posterior cervical vertebrae is 1.2 to 1.4 times as long as that of dorsal vertebrae. Skeletons from seventeen individuals are known from a single locality, and they might be juveniles based on bone morphology.

Figure of Bellusaurus
Systematics
Sauropodomorpha
Age
Middle ~ Late Jurassic
Estimated total length
4.5m
Locality
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
Exhibition place of Bellusaurus
Dinosaur World > Saurischia
Bellusaurus site : Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China