Named By: | Y. Zhang in 1985 |
Time Period: | Middle Jurassic |
Location: | China |
Size: | 4 meters long |
Diet: | Piscivore/carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Mandible (lower jaw) and partial post cranial remains including cervical (neck) vertebrae and ribs and elements of the shoulder girdle |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Rhomaleosauridae | |
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.