Yuzhoupliosaurus
Genus of rhomaleosaurid plesiosaur from the Middle Jurassic period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yuzhoupliosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Middle Jurassic of China. The genus is known only from a lower jaw, a vertebra, and fragments of a pectoral girdle. It is believed this genus lived in fresh water.
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Yuzhoupliosaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Rhomaleosauridae |
Genus: | †Yuzhoupliosaurus Zhang, 1985 |
Type species | |
†Yuzhoupliosaurus chengjiangensis Zhang, 1985 |
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