Bishanopliosaurus

Bishanopliosaurus
Temporal range: Toarcian-Bajocian
Skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • †B. 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.

Description

Restoration

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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2017-10-20.