Moanasaurus
Sign in to saveMoanasaurus (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 holotype CD43, a disarticulated skull, vertebrae, ribs and flipper bones. The skull measures in length, which shows that Moanasaurus was one of the largest in the subfamily of Mosasaurinae. Researchers argue that some Antarctic Mosasaurus remains (including a "large, fragmentary skull") may be attributed to this genus
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Within Vinony's link graph, Moanasaurus is referenced by 74 other articles, and connects out to Plioplatecarpinae, Reptilia and synonym.
It is catalogued under topics including Extinct animals of New Zealand, Fossils of New Zealand and Fossil taxa described in 1980.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Mosasauridae
- Image
- Moanasaurus2.png
- Length
- 12
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- taxon name
- Moanasaurus
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 77000000-0
- location of discovery
- North Island
- Commons category
- Moanasaurus
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