Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: J. Wiffen. 1990. New mosasaurs (Reptilia; Family Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 33(1):67-85
Belongs to Mosasaurus according to J. Wiffen 1990
Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus horridus, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Mosasaurus scanicus, Nectoportheus validus, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Macrosaurus validus, Macrosaurus laevis
Type specimen: CD530, a partial skull. Its type locality is Mangahouanga Stream (V19/f70), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Tahora Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mangahouanga Stream (V19/f70)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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