Species
Valid Extinct

Sinopliosaurus weiyuanensis

Young 1944

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Pliosauroidea Superfamily
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Pliosauridae Family
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Sinopliosaurus Genus
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Sinopliosaurus weiyuanensis Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
4
Geological formations
Ziliujing
2
Lianmuqin
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Aalenian (174.7–170.9 Ma)
1
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
C.-C. Young. 1944. On the reptilian remains from Weiyuan, Szechuan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 24(3–4):187-205 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
C.-C. Young. 1973. [Plesiosaur remains discovered in Dsungar Basin, Sinkiang]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (II): Pterosaurian Fauna from Wuerho, Sinkiang. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica 11:13-17
C.-C. Young. 1944. On the reptilian remains from Weiyuan, Szechuan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 24(3–4):187-205 DOI ↗
C. -C. Young, M. N. Bien, and T. H. Mi. 1943. Some geologic problems of the Tsinling. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 23(1–2):15-34 DOI ↗