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SINOPLIOSAURUS
(sy-no-ply-o-sore-us)
meaning: "Chinese Pliosaurus"
Named By: C. C. Young in 1944
Time Period: Early Cretaceous
Location: China, Fusui County
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Pliosauria |
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Sinopliosaurus is a genus of pliosauroid plesiosaur, a type of short-necked marine reptile, from the Early Cretaceous of People's Republic of China. One species, "S." fusuiensis, was later shown to be based on teeth from a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur.

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