Sinopliosaurus (dinosaur)
For the plesiosaur, see Sinopliosaurus.
| "Sinopliosaurus" Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| Family: | Spinosauridae |
| Genus: | "Sinopliosaurus" |
| Species: | "S." fusuiensis Hou, Yeh & Zhao, 1975 |
"Sinopliosaurus" is a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of southern China, known only from teeth. The teeth came from an animal similar to Siamosaurus.[1] It includes a single species, "S." fusuiensis, that was first assigned to the plesiosaur Sinopliosaurus.[2] Because this species is not a plesiosaur and therefore is not within the genus Sinopliosaurus, but not yet formally or officially named, the name "Sinopliosaurus" is used in quotation marks.
References
- ↑ DinoData
- ↑ Buffetaut, E.; Suteethorn, V.; Tong, H.; and Amiot, R. (2008). "An Early Cretaceous spinosaur theropod from southern China". Geological Magazine 145 (5): 745–748. doi:10.1017/S0016756808005360.