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Bellusaurus
Taxonomy
Bellusaurus was named by Dong (1990).
It was assigned to Bellusaurinae by Dong (1990) and Dong (1992); to Cetiosauridae by McIntosh (1997); to Shunosaurinae by Martin-Rolland (1999); to Macronaria by Upchurch et al. (2004); to Camarasauromorpha by Royo-Torres et al. (2006), Moser et al. (2006), Sekiya (2011) and Carballido et al. (2015); to Eusauropoda by Wilson (2002), Mannion et al. (2013), Moore et al. (2018) and Mannion et al. (2019); and to Mamenchisauridae by Moore et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Bellusaurinae by Dong (1990) and Dong (1992); to Cetiosauridae by McIntosh (1997); to Shunosaurinae by Martin-Rolland (1999); to Macronaria by Upchurch et al. (2004); to Camarasauromorpha by Royo-Torres et al. (2006), Moser et al. (2006), Sekiya (2011) and Carballido et al. (2015); to Eusauropoda by Wilson (2002), Mannion et al. (2013), Moore et al. (2018) and Mannion et al. (2019); and to Mamenchisauridae by Moore et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Bellusaurus Dong |
| 1992 | Bellusaurus Dong p. 71 |
| 1997 | Bellusaurus McIntosh p. 656 |
| 1999 | Bellusaurus Martin-Rolland p. 310 |
| 2002 | Bellusaurus Wilson p. 248 |
| 2004 | Bellusaurus Upchurch et al. p. 265 |
| 2006 | Bellusaurus Moser et al. p. 46 |
| 2006 | Bellusaurus Royo-Torres et al. p. 1926 fig. 3 |
| 2011 | Bellusaurus Sekiya |
| 2013 | Bellusaurus Mannion et al. |
| 2015 | Bellusaurus Carballido et al. |
| 2018 | Bellusaurus Moore et al. |
| 2019 | Bellusaurus Mannion et al. |
| 2023 | Bellusaurus Moore et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available