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Sinopliosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Suborder: Pliosauroidea
Genus: Sinopliosaurus
Young, 1942
Species
  • S. weiyuanensis Young, 1942 (type)

Sinopliosaurus is a genus of pliosauroid plesiosaur, a type of short-necked marine reptile, from the Early Cretaceous China. One species, "S." fusuiensis, was later shown to be based on teeth from a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur.

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