Moanasaurus (From Māori moana "sea" and Greek sauros "lizard"; meaning "Sea Lizard") was a genus of mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous period. Its fossil remains have been discovered in the North Island of New Zealand. Moanasaurus was a very large mosasaurine known originally from a disarticulated skull, vertebrae, ribs and flipper bones. The skull measures 78 cm (31 in) in length, which shows that Moanasaurus was one of the largest in the subfamily of Mosasaurinae.[1] Researchers argue that some Antarctic Mosasaurus remains (including a "large, fragmentary skull") may be attributed to this genus.[2]
^Wiffen, J. (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. doi:10.1080/00288306.1980.10424122.
^Martin, J.E. (2007). "Biostratigraphy of the Mosasauridae (Reptilia) from the Cretaceous of Antarctica". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 258 (1): 101–108. doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.258.01.07. S2CID 128604544.
Moanasaurus (From Māori moana "sea" and Greek sauros "lizard"; meaning "Sea Lizard") was a genus of mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous period. Its fossil...
Mosasaurus, along with mosasaur genera Eremiasaurus, Plotosaurus, and Moanasaurus traditionally form a tribe within the Mosasaurinae variously called Mosasaurini...
squamate clade Mosasauridae, as the sister taxon to a clade containing Moanasaurus, Rikisaurus, Mosasaurus spp., and Plotosaurus. The 50% majority-rule...
known from fossils found in New Zealand. The New Zealand mosasaur, named Moanasaurus, was one of the largest mosasaurs in the world. The New Zealand plesiosaur...
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madtsoiid snake that was probably fossorial, borrowing with its head. †Moanasaurus †Moanasaurus mangahouangae North Island, New Zealand A mosasaurine mosasaur...
would extend dorsally throughout the orbit. Unlike its contemporary Moanasaurus, Kaikaifilu bears a pre-orbital constriction of the rostrum. Despite...
found in the Tahora Formation are of the 40 feet (12 m) long mosasaur Moanasaurus. The humerus of a pterosaur very similar to the Australian Mythunga has...
basal than the Mosasauridae, its position within Squamata is uncertain. Moanasaurus Wiffen 1980 Valid Mosasaurus Conybeare 1822 Valid UK Bulgaria Canada...
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