Bishanopliosaurus
Sign in to saveBishanopliosaurus is a genus of plesiosaur. The type species is B. youngi, based on remains found in the Ziliujing Formation of China.
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- Parent taxon
- Sauropterygia
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- Zigong Dinosaur Museum Bishanopliosaurus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Bishanopliosaurus
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- genus
- Commons category
- Bishanopliosaurus
- location of discovery
- Shaximiao Formation
- start time
- 182700000-
- end time
- 174100000-
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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.
==Description== thumb|left|Restoration Bishanopliosaurus was a small plesiosaur, measuring about 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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