Bishanopliosaurus
Encyclopedia
Bishanopliosaurus is a genus
of plesiosaur
. The type species is B. youngi, based on remains found in the Ziliujing formation of China.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of plesiosaur
Plesiosaur
Plesiosauroidea is an extinct clade of carnivorous plesiosaur marine reptiles. Plesiosauroids, are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods...
. The type species is B. youngi, based on remains found in the Ziliujing formation of China.