Mauisaurus - Wikipedia
Mauisaurus ("Māui lizard") is a dubious genus of plesiosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now New Zealand. Numerous specimens have been attributed to this genus in the past, but a 2017 paper restricts Mauisaurus to the …
Mauisaurus - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mauisaurus ("Maui reptile") is a genus of plesiosaur that lived during the Upper Cretaceous about 80 to 69 million years ago. It was the largest plesiosaur, and perhaps the largest marine reptile in New Zealand waters at the time. Mauisaurus haasti is the only known species of the genus.
Everything You Need To Know About Mauisaurus - Extinct Facts
The Mauisaurus, named after the Maori god Maui, is a genus of plesiosaur, a group of marine reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs. Measuring up to 20 meters in length, it’s one of the largest plesiosaurs ever discovered.
Genus Mauisaurus - iNaturalist
Mauisaurus ('Maui reptile') is a genus of plesiosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period around 77 million years ago in what is now New Zealand. It was the largest plesiosaur, and perhaps the largest marine reptile in New Zealand waters at the time.
Mauisaurus - Prehistoric Wildlife
2013年7月22日 · Discovered in New Zealand, Mauisaurus was for a long time credited as one of the largest plesiosaurs. However in more recent times there have been doubts about the validity of fossils attributed to the genus since these have come from so many different locations. Mauisaurus also displays the long sharp teeth often seen in ...
A reappraisal of the Late Cretaceous Weddellian plesiosaur ...
2017年2月8日 · The genus Mauisaurus Hector, 1874 was established on material from the Upper Cretaceous of New Zealand and was one of the earliest plesiosaurian taxa to be recorded from the Southern Hemisphere. Al...
constitute the lectotype of Mauisaurus haasti Hector, 1874 (including the femur, diagnostic of the species), indicates that the new specimen belongs to that species, permitting a more complete description and diagnosis.