Mauisaurus
Taxonavigation
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Superordo: †Sauropterygia
Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Elasmosauridae
Genus:
Species (1):
M. haasti
Name
- Mauisaurus Hector, 1874
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Mauisaurus haasti Hector, 1874
- Fixation: subsequent designation by Kuhn (1935: 100)
- Status: nomen dubium
References
- Hector, J. 1874: On the fossil Reptilia of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 6: 333–358, plates XXVII-XXXI.
- Otero, R.A.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Rubilar-Rogers, D. 2010: Presence of the elasmosaurid plesiosaur Mauisaurus in the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Central Chile. Acta palaeontologica polonica, 55: 361–364. DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0065
- Occurrence of a young elasmosaurid plesiosaur skeleton from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Antarctica.
Links
- †subfamily Aristonectinae Otero et al. 2012 – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.
