Bishanopliosaurus
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Suborder: | †Pliosauroidea |
Genus: | †Bishanopliosaurus Dong, 1980 |
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†Bishanopliosaurus youngi Dong, 1980
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Bishanopliosaurus is a genus of plesiosaur. The type species is B. youngi, based on remains found in the Ziliujing Formation of China.[1]
Description[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Bishanopliosaurus.jpg/220px-Bishanopliosaurus.jpg)
Restoration
It can be differentiated by the bifurcated ribs of its sacrum. Unusually, it appears to be a freshwater plesiosaur.[2] A second species, B. zigongensis, is known from the slightly later Xiashaximiao Formation.[3]
See also[]
- Timeline of plesiosaur research
- List of plesiosaurs
References[]
- ^ Dong, Z.-M. "A new plesiosauria from the Lias of Sichuan Basin" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 18 (3): 191–197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ Sato, T.; Li, C.; Wu, X.-C. (2003). "Restudy of Bishanopliosaurus youngi Dong 1980, a freshwater plesiosaurian from the Jurassic of Chongqing". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 41 (1): 17–33.
- ^ Gao, Y.-H.; Ye, Y.; Jiang, S. (2004). "A new species of Bishanopliosaurus from Middle Jurassic of Zigong, Sichuan" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 42 (2): 162–165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
Categories:
- Plesiosaurs of Asia
- Early Jurassic plesiosaurs
- Fossils of China
- Fossil taxa described in 1980
- Toarcian genera
- Sauropterygian genera
- Plesiosaur stubs