Yuzhoupliosaurus
Yuzhoupliosaurus was a plesiosaur, a long-necked marine reptile that lived in the Middle Jurassic period. It swam in the waters of what is now China, and it was a meat-eater that caught fish and other prey with its sharp teeth.12
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Yuzhoupliosaurus is known only from a lower jaw, eighteen vertebrae, parts of a shoulder girdle, and pieces of the right hindlimb.1
Its neck bones (cervical vertebrae) are described as 'high and short', and the front neck ribs are double-headed while the back ones are single-headed.1
The name Yuzhoupliosaurus comes from Yuzhou, an old name for the city of Chongqing in China, where the first fossil was found.1
Scientists think Yuzhoupliosaurus lived in fresh water, which is unusual for plesiosaurs that mostly lived in the sea.1
It lived during the Middle Jurassic, about 174 to 161 million years ago.2
Yuzhoupliosaurus had long, well-developed collarbones (clavicles) and elongated coracoids (part of the shoulder blade).1

Vir dino-kenners
- Wetenskaplike naam
- Yuzhoupliosaurus
- Benoem deur
- Zhang 19853
- Groep
- Plesiosourusse
- Familie / klade
- Rhomaleosauridae3
- Klassifikasie
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia3
- Ouderdom van die rotse
- 175 tot 162 miljoen jaar (Aalenian / Callovian)3
- Lande
- China3
- Fossielrekords
- 1 in The Paleobiology Database3
- Ontdekking
- Yuzhoupliosaurus was named by Chinese paleontologist Zhang in 1985, based on a partial skeleton found in Chongqing, China.12
- Steeds omstrede
- Scientists are not sure whether Yuzhoupliosaurus lived in fresh water or salt water, because the fossil was found in rocks that could be from a river or lake.1
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- Yuzhoupliosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Yuzhoupliosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ouderdom, plekke, rotsformasies, klassifikasie.
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