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Fusuisaurus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder:	Sauropoda
(unranked)	Titanosauriformes
Family:	Incertae sedis
Genus:	Fusuisaurus Mo et al. The Early Cretaceous ( timestratigraphic name or the Lower Cretaceous ( logstratigraphic name is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Saurischia (sɔːˈrɪskiə, from the Greek sauros ( σαυρος) meaning 'lizard' and ischion ( ισχιον) meaning 'hip joint' The Sauropodomorpha (sɔˌrɒpədəˈmɔrfə were a group of long-necked herbivorous Dinosaurs that eventually dropped down on all fours and became Sauropoda (sɔˈrɒpədə or the sauropods (/ˈsɔroʊpɒd/ are a suborder or infraorder of the Saurischian ("lizard-hipped" Macronaria is a Clade of Sauropod Dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic ( Bathonian) to Late Cretaceous Periods of , 2006

Species

F. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. 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 the Early Cretaceous of China. In Taxonomy, a type species is the species that originally defined a genus. Sauropoda (sɔˈrɒpədə or the sauropods (/ˈsɔroʊpɒd/ are a suborder or infraorder of the Saurischian ("lizard-hipped" The Early Cretaceous ( timestratigraphic name or the Lower Cretaceous ( logstratigraphic name is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous Fragmentary postcranial remains of this animal have been discovered in 2001 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. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National This sauropod has been described as a basal titanosauriform. Macronaria is a Clade of Sauropod Dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic ( Bathonian) to Late Cretaceous Periods of

The type species is F. zhaoi, named in honour of Chinese paleontologist Zhao Xijin. Zhao Xijin is a Chinese Paleontologist and has named numerous Dinosaurs He is currently a professor at Beijing 's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology

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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