Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1944. On the reptilian remains from Weiyuan, Szechuan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 24(3–4):187-205
Parent taxon: Pliosauridae according to L.-h. Hou et al. 1975
See also Carroll 1988, Young 1944 and Young 1973
Sister taxa: Acostasaurus, Anguanax, Arminisaurus, Attenborosaurus, Cryonectes, Hauffiosaurus, Marmornectes, Pachycostasaurus, Pliosaurus aequalis, Pliosaurus evansi, Polyptchodon, Simolestinae, Stenorhynchosaurus, Strongylokrotaphus, Thalassiodracon, Thalassophonea
Subtaxa: Sinopliosaurus weiyuanensis
Type: Sinopliosaurus weiyuanensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection)
• Jurassic of China (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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