- Fusuisaurus
Taxobox
name = "Fusuisaurus"
fossil_range =Early Cretaceous
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Saurischia
subordo =Sauropodomorpha
infraordo =Sauropoda
unranked_familia =Titanosauriformes
familia = "Incertae sedis"
genus = "Fusuisaurus"
genus_authority = Mo et al., 2006
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision =
* "F. zhaoi" Mo et al., 2006 (type)"Fusuisaurus" (meaning "Fusui lizard" from the name of the county where it was discovered) is a genus of
sauropod dinosaur from theEarly Cretaceous of China.Fragmentary postcranial remains of this animal have been discovered in2001 in the Napai Formation of Guangxi,China and consist of the left ilium, left pubis, anterior caudals, most of the dorsal ribs and distal end of the left femur. This sauropod has been described as a basal titanosauriform.The type species is "F. zhaoi", named in honour of Chinese paleontologist
Zhao Xijin .References
* Mo, J., Wang W.,Huang Z., Huang X., Xu X., 2006, "A Basal Titanosauriform from the Early Cretaceous of Guangxi, China", ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA, Vol.80 No.4 P.486-489
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