Bishanopliosaurus Explained

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

Description

Bishanopliosaurus was a small plesiosaur, measuring about long.^[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

• Timeline of plesiosaur research
• List of plesiosaurs

Notes and References

1. Dong . Z.-M. . A new plesiosauria from the Lias of Sichuan Basin . Vertebrata PalAsiatica . 18 . 3 . 191–197 . 2010-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120301150936/http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/xscbw/xsqk/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200904/W020090813375569914858.pdf . 2012-03-01 . dead .
2. Sato . T. . Li . C. . Wu . X.-C. . Restudy of Bishanopliosaurus youngi Dong 1980, a freshwater plesiosaurian from the Jurassic of Chongqing . Vertebrata PalAsiatica . 41 . 1 . 2003 . 17–33 .
3. Gao . Y.-H. . Ye . Y. . Jiang . S. . A new species of Bishanopliosaurus from Middle Jurassic of Zigong, Sichuan . Vertebrata PalAsiatica . 42 . 2 . 162–165 . 2004 . 2017-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171021061209/http://www.ivpp.ac.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200810/W020090813368513660426.pdf . 2017-10-21 . dead .