Tuarangisaurus

Taxobox
name = "Tuarangisaurus"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Plesiosauria
subordo = Plesiosauroidea
familia = Elasmosauridae
genus = "Tuarangisaurus"
genus_authority = Wiffen & Moisley , 1986
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"T. keyesi" Wiffen & Moisley , 1986 (type)

"Tuarangisaurus" (meaning in Maori "tuarangi" "ancient" + Gr. "sauros" "lizard") is a genus of extinct elasmosaur discovered in New Zealand and described by Wiffen & Moisley in 1986, known from a skull and some vertebrae, and some attributed postcranial remains of juveniles. "T. keyesi" is the only species known. The estimated length is about 8 meters.

References

* Sachs, S. (2005). [http://www.plesiosaur.com/database/pdf/sachs_2005.pdf "Tuarangisaurus australis sp. nov." (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae"] . "Memoirs of the Queensland Museum." 50: 2, p 425-440 ISSN 0079-8835.