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Bishanopliosaurus zigongensis

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae

Taxonomy
Bishanopliosaurus zigongensis was named by Gao et al. (2004). Its type specimen is ZDM 0185, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zigong, villager Wang Xinmin's garden, which is in a Bajocian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Bishanopliosaurus zigongensis Gao et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
familyRhomaleosauridaeNopcsa 1928
genusBishanopliosaurusDong 1980
specieszigongensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Bishanopliosaurus zigongensis Gao et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available