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Bellusaurus sui

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Bellusaurus sui was named by Dong (1990). Its type specimen is IVPP V.8299. Its type locality is Konglonggou, IVPP Loc. 83003, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Shishugou Formation of China. It is the type species of Bellusaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Bellusaurus sui Dong
1992Bellusaurus sui Dong p. 71
1994Bellusaurus sui Lockley p. 359
1997Bellusaurus sui Dong p. 121
1999Bellusaurus sui Martin-Rolland p. 293
2001Bellusaurus sui Dong p. 98
2002Bellusaurus sui Wilson p. 248
2004Bellusaurus sui Upchurch et al. p. 265
2006Bellusaurus sui Royo-Torres et al. figs. Table S4
2012Bellusaurus sui Knoll et al. p. 10
2014Bellusaurus sui Mocho et al.
2019Bellusaurus sui Maisch and Matzke p. 113
2019Bellusaurus sui Mocho et al. p. 16
2021Bellusaurus sui Holwerda et al. p. 635

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Mamenchisauridae()
genusBellusaurus
speciessuiDong 1990

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Bellusaurus sui Dong 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Middle Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8China (Xinjiang) Bellusaurus sui (type locality: 53670)