Bishanopliosaurus

Bishanopliosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic

Skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Enaliosauria
Order:	Sauropterygia
Genus:	Bishanopliosaurus

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

Restoration

References

Major clades

Basal plesiosaurs

Plesiosauroidea	Cryptoclididae Elasmosauridae Leptocleididae Microcleididae Polycotylidae Plesiosauridae
Pliosauroidea	Pliosauridae Rhomaleosauridae

Related clades

Plesiosauridae and basal taxa

Cryptoclidinae	Abyssosaurus Colymbosaurus Cryptoclidus Kimmerosaurus Tatenectes Tricleidus
Muraenosaurinae	Muraenosaurus Picrocleidus Vinialesaurus

Aristonectinae	Aristonectes Kaiwhekea
Elasmosaurinae	Albertonectes Elasmosaurus Styxosaurus Terminonatator

Others

Cryonectes Gallardosaurus Liopleurodon Peloneustes Pliosaurus Simolestes
Brachaucheninae	Brachauchenius Luskhan Kronosaurus Makhaira Megacephalosaurus Polyptychodon Stenorhynchosaurus

Others

Basal taxa	?Hastanectes ?Nichollssaura
Leptocleididae	Brancasaurus ?Hastanectes Leptocleidus ?Nichollssaura ?Umoonasaurus Vectocleidus
Polycotylidae	Dolichorhynchops Edgarosaurus Eopolycotylus Georgiasaurus Manemergus Pahasapasaurus Palmulasaurus Plesiopleurodon Polycotylus Sulcusuchus Thililua Trinacromerum ?Umoonasaurus

Related articles and categories
Plesiosaurs List of plesiosaurs

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