Mosasaurus mangahouangae (lat.) Is a species of extinct reptiles from the family of mosasaurs (Mosasauridae), who lived during the Upper Cretaceous era ( 85.8–66.0 million years ago) [3] .
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| Geochronology 85.8—66.0 Ma
◄ Nowadays◄ Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction◄ Triassic extinction◄ Mass Permian Extinction◄ Devonian extinction◄ Ordovician-Silurian extinction◄ Cambrian explosion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Study History
The holotype CD43, which is a partial skeleton, was found in the Mangahouanga Stream area of the Tahora formation on the North Island ( New Zealand ) [3] . The species was first described by Wiffen in 1980 as Moanasaurus mangahouangae , a type species of the monotypic genus Moanasaurus [4] . The generic name consists of two roots: Maori moana - “sea” and other Greek. σαῦρος - “lizard, lizard” [2] .
In 1989, Wright once again studied this species and transferred it to the genus of the Mosasaurs , thereby transferring the genus Moanasaurus to the category of debatable [5] .
Description
The length of Mosasaurus mangahouangae is 12 m, of which 78 cm are the skull. The predator probably hunted for other marine reptiles [2] .
Notes
- ↑ † Mosasaurus mangahouangae (English) information on the Fossilworks website. (Retrieved November 3, 2017) .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Moanasaurus // www.prehistoric-wildlife.com. - www.prehistoric-wildlife.com. (Retrieved November 3, 2017) .
- ↑ 1 2 Mosasaurus mangahouangae (English) information on the Paleobiology Database website. (Retrieved November 3, 2017) .
- ↑ Wiffen J. 1980. Moanasaurus, a new genus of marine reptile (Family Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 23 : 507-528.
- ↑ Wright KR 1989. On the taxonomic status of Moanasaurus mangahouangae Wiffen (Squamata: Mosasauridae). Journal of Paleontology 63 (1): 126-127.
Links
- † Moanasaurus information on the Fossilworks website. (Retrieved October 21, 2017) .