Bellusaurus

Say it bel-uh-sore-us. The name means ‘fine lizard’.

Bellusaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods

Length: 5 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Mid Jurassic180 to 159 million years ago
Fossils found in: China
Named by: Dong and Azuma (1990)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Macronaria

Where Bellusaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59

Lived at the same time

Monolophosaurus · same country
Yuanmousaurus · same country
Agilisaurus · same country
Gasosaurus · same country
Huayangosaurus · same country
Omeisaurus · same country
Shunosaurus · same country
Sinraptor · same country

Other sauropods

Yuanmousaurus Mid Jurassic
Amygdalodon Mid Jurassic
Rhoetosaurus Mid Jurassic
Barapasaurus Early Jurassic
Cetiosauriscus Mid Jurassic
Cetiosaurus Mid Jurassic
Datousaurus Mid Jurassic
Shunosaurus Mid Jurassic

Source: Bellusaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.