Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combination: Mosasaurus mangahouangae
Full reference: J. Wiffen. 1980. Moanasaurus, a new genus of marine reptile (Family Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 23(4):507-528
Belongs to Moanasaurus according to D. A. Driscoll et al. 2019
See also Fordyce 1991, Wiffen 1980, Wiffen 1990 and Wright 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CD43 (or S34-S77), a partial skeleton (Disarticulated skull, procoelus vertebrae, paddle elements, and rib fragments). Its type locality is Mangahouanga Stream (N104/f909), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marginal marine sandstone in the Tahora Formation of New Zealand.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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