Taniwhasaurus

Taxobox
name = "Taniwhasaurus"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous

---

image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Taniwhasaurus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Scleroglossa
familia = Mosasauridae
subfamilia = Tylosaurinae
genus = "Taniwhasaurus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "T. oweni" Hector, 1874 (type)
*"T. antarcticus" (Novas "et al.", 2002) Caldwell "et al.", 2008
*"T. mikasaensis" Caldwell "et al.", 2008

"Taniwhasaurus" was an extinct genus of mosasaur, a carnivorous, marine reptile which inhabited New Zealand, Japan and AntarcticaCaldwell MW, Konishi T, Obata I, Muramoto K. 2008. New species of "Taniwhasaurus" (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) from the upper Santonian-lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, Japan. "Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology" 28 (2): 339-348.] . The genus was a close relative of the genera "Tylosaurus" and "Hainosaurus".

Caldwell "et al." (2008) found that "Lakumasaurus" is a junior synonym of "Taniwhasaurus".

References