Bishanopliosaurus

Bishanopliosaurus
Temporal range: Toarcian-Bajocian
Skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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.[1]

  1. ^ 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.