Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combination: Moanasaurus mangahouangae
Belongs to Mosasaurus according to K. R. Wright 1989
See also Fordyce 1991
Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, Mosasaurus hoffmanni, Mosasaurus iembeensis, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus maximilliani, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Macrosaurus validus, Nectoportheus validus
Type specimen: CD43, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Mangahouanga Stream, which is in a Piripauan/Haumurian marginal marine sandstone/siltstone in the Tahora Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mangahouanga Stream
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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