Sinopliosaurus
Sinopliosaurus was a big marine reptile that swam in the seas during the Jurassic period. It was a plesiosaur, not a dinosaur, and it used its flippers to glide through the water. It was a fierce hunter with sharp teeth.4
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Sinopliosaurus lived from about 184 to 143 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.1
Its teeth were small, curved, and had grooves along the crown.1
The backbone bones were flat at both ends, which is a special feature.1
It was a fast swimmer that lived near the surface of the sea.4
The type specimen includes a tooth and three vertebrae, found in 1939.2

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?Was Sinopliosaurus a dinosaur?
No, it was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile that lived in the sea. It is not a dinosaur.34
?How big was Sinopliosaurus?
Nobody knows for sure, because only a few bones have been found. Pliosaurids (its family) ranged from about 3 metres to 12 metres long.4
?What did Sinopliosaurus eat?
It was a carnivore, meaning it ate meat. It had sharp, grooved teeth for catching prey.4
Ogeeyyii daayinootiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Sinopliosaurus
- Kan maqaa baase
- Young 19444
- Garee
- Pileesiyoosaroota
- Maatii / kilaadii
- Pliosauridae4
- Ramaddii
- Plesiosauria > Pliosauridae > Sauropterygia4
- Umurii dhagaawwanii
- waggaa miliyoona 184 hanga 143 (Toarcian / Tithonian)4
- Caasaawwan dhagaa
- Ziliujing, Lianmuqin4
- Biyyoota
- Chaayinaa4
- Galmee fosilii
- 4 The Paleobiology Database keessa4
- Argannoo
- Sinopliosaurus was named by Chinese scientist Yang Zhongjian (C.C. Young) in 1944. The first fossils were found by H.H. Yao in 1939 in Sichuan, China.2
- Ammallee falmisiisaa
- Some scientists think Sinopliosaurus weiyuanensis might not be a valid species, because the fossils are too few and incomplete.1
Odeeffannoon eessaa dhufa
- paleobiodb.org (paleobiodb.org)
- PBDB Collection (paleobiodb.org)
- Sinopliosaurus (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
- Sinopliosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): umurii, bakkeewwan, caasaawwan dhagaa, ramaddii.
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