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Sinopliosaurus
Taxonomy
Sinopliosaurus was named by Young (1944). Its type is Sinopliosaurus weiyuanensis.
It was assigned to Plesiosauria by Young (1944); and to Pliosauridae by Young (1973), Hou et al. (1975) and Carroll (1988).
It was assigned to Plesiosauria by Young (1944); and to Pliosauridae by Young (1973), Hou et al. (1975) and Carroll (1988).
Species
S. weiyuanensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1944 | Sinopliosaurus Young p. 203 figs. Pl. 2:3 |
| 1973 | Sinopliosaurus Young p. 13 |
| 1975 | Sinopliosaurus Hou et al. p. 26 |
| 1988 | Sinopliosaurus Carroll |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hampe 2005 | |||||
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Toarcian | China (Sichuan) | S. weiyuanensis (140254) | |
| Aalenian - Bajocian | China (Sichuan) | S. weiyuanensis (140257) | |
| Tithonian | China (Sichuan) | S. weiyuanensis (159590) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Albian | China (Xinjiang) | S. weiyuanensis (49819) |