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Bishanopliosaurus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Suborder: | †Pliosauroidea |
Genus: | †Bishanopliosaurus Dong, 1980 |
Type species | |
†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.
Bishanopliosaurus was a small plesiosaur, measuring about 4 m (13 ft) long. It can be differentiated by the bifurcated ribs of its sacrum. Unusually, it appears to be a freshwater plesiosaur. A second species, B. zigongensis, is known from the slightly later Xiashaximiao Formation.
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Bishanopliosaurus |
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