Fusuisaurus
foo-sway-SORE-us /ˌfuːsweɪˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Fusui lizard
- Fusui · Chinese (place name) · Fusui County, Guangxi, China
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Fusuisaurus is named after Fusui County in Guangxi, southern China, where the fossils were found. It is combined with the Greek word for lizard, which is the usual ending for dinosaur names. The type species, F. zhaoi, honours the Chinese paleontologist Zhao Xijin.
- Named by
- Mo et al.
- Year named
- 2006
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Xinlong Formation, Fusui County, Guangxi, China
Fusuisaurus is a sauropod, generally regarded as a basal titanosauriform. It is known from a partial skeleton, and its exact relationships are debated.