Mauisaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 lectotype and declares it a nomen dubium.[1]
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Mauisaurus | |
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Replica of paddle bones, Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
Genus: | †Mauisaurus Hector, 1874 |
Species: | †M. haasti |
Binomial name | |
†Mauisaurus haasti Hector, 1874 | |
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