Bellusaurus Dong 1990 (mamenchisaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae

Full reference: Z. Dong. 1990. Sauropoda from the Kelamaili region of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(1):43-58

Parent taxon: Mamenchisauridae according to A. J. Moore et al. 2023

See also Carballido et al. 2015, Dong 1990, Dong 1992, Mannion et al. 2013, Mannion et al. 2019, Martin-Rolland 1999, McIntosh 1997, Moore et al. 2018, Moser et al. 2006, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Sekiya 2011, Upchurch et al. 2004 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: Abrosaurus, Analong, Anhuilong, Chuanjiesaurus, Daanosaurus, Eomamenchisaurus, Huangshanlong, Hudiesaurus, Jingia, Klamelisaurus, Mamenchisaurus, Omeisaurus, Qijianglong, Rhomaleopakhus, Tienshanosaurus, Tonganosaurus, Wamweracaudia, Xinjiangtitan, Yuanmousaurus, Zigongosaurus

Subtaxa: Bellusaurus sui

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Konglonggou, IVPP Loc. 83003 (Jurassic of China)

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