Bishanopliosaurus

Bishanopliosaurus
Temporal range: Toarcian
Skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Superorder:†Sauropterygia
Order:†Plesiosauria
Suborder:†Pliosauroidea
Genus:†Bishanopliosaurus
Dong, 1980
Type species
Bishanopliosaurus youngi
Dong, 1980
Other species
  • Bishanopliosaurus zigongensis Gao et al., 2003

Bishanopliosaurus is a genus of plesiosaur. The type species is B. youngi, based on remains found in the Ziliujing Formation of China.[1] 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

Restoration

References

  1. ↑ Dong, Z.-M. "A new plesiosauria from the Lias of Sichuan Basin" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 18 (3): 191–197.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.


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