Fushanosaurus fossil map
Where fossils of Fushanosaurus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 160 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 160 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Sauropods & prosauropods |
|---|---|
| Lived | 161.5–154.8 million years ago (Oxfordian) |
| Periods | Jurassic |
| Named by | Wang et al. 2019 |
| Fossil records | 1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | China |
| Rock formations | Shishugou |
About Fushanosaurus
Fushanosaurus (Chinese: 傅山龙; pinyin: Fùshānlóng; meaning "Fushan lizard", after the Fushan Museum where its remains are stored) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Shishugou Formation from Xinjiang Province in China. The type and only species is Fushanosaurus qitaiensis (Chinese: 奇台傅山龙; pinyin: Qítái Fùshānlóng). It is solely known from the holotype specimen FH000101, a complete right femur.
The holotype femur of F. qitaiensis is 180 centimetres (5.9 ft) long. By comparison to two other giant sauropods from Asia, Ruyangosaurus and Daxiatitan, Fushanosaurus was estimated to have been approximately 30 metres (98 ft) long, which would then make it one of the longest known dinosaurs.
Fushanosaurus was originally described as a titanosauriform, but the features initially believed to indicate titanosauriform affinities are actually more widespread among sauropods, and Fushanosaurus may be a mamenchisaurid, the only group of sauropods definitely known to be present in the Shishugou Formation.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Fushanosaurus (revision 1307841498), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q72671571.
