Mauisaurus

Mauisaurus
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Mauisaurus
Rango temporal: Cretácico superior
Mauisaurus BW.jpg
Clasificación científica
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Clase: Sauropsida
Subclase: Diapsida
Superorden: Sauropterygia
Orden: Plesiosauria
Suborden: Plesiosauroidea
Familia: Elasmosauridae
Género: Mauisaurus
Hector, 1874
Especie: M. haasti
Nombre binomial
Mauisaurus haasti
Hector, 1874

Mauisaurus ("reptil de Maui") es un género representado por un única especie de plesiosauroide elasmosáurido, que vivió en el Cretácico superior, en lo que hoy es Maui.

Referencias

  • Hiller, N., Mannering, A.A., Jones, C.M., Cruickshank, A.R.I. (September 2005). The nature of Mauisaurus haasti Hector, 1874 (Reptilia: Plesiosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25(3):588-601.

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