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