Fushanosaurus
| Fushanosaurus Temporal range:Late Jurassic,~
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Eusauropoda |
| Genus: | †Fushanosaurus Wanget al.,2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Fushanosaurus qitaiensis Wanget al.,2019
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Fushanosaurus(Chinese:Phó sơn long;pinyin:Fùshānlóng;meaning "Fushan lizard", after the Fushan Museum where its remains are stored) is a genus ofsauropoddinosaurfrom theShishugou FormationfromXin gian g ProvinceinChina.Thetypeand only species isFushanosaurus qitaiensis(Chinese:Kỳ đài phó sơn long;pinyin:Qítái Fùshānlóng). It is solely known from theholotypespecimen FH000101, a complete right femur.[1]
The holotype femur ofF. qitaiensisis 180 centimetres (5.9 ft) long. By comparison to two other giant sauropods from Asia,RuyangosaurusandDaxiatitan,Fushanosauruswas estimated to have been approximately 30 metres (98 ft) long, which would then make it one of thelongest known dinosaurs.[1]
Fushanosauruswas originally described as atitanosauriform,[1]but the features initially believed to indicate titanosauriform affinities are actually more widespread among sauropods, andFushanosaurusmay be amamenchisaurid,the only group of sauropods definitely known to be present in the Shishugou Formation.[2]
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