Tuarangisaurus Wiffen and Moisley 1986 (elasmosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: J. Wiffen and W. L. Moisley. 1986. Late Cretaceous reptiles (families Elasmosauridae and Pliosauridae) from the Mangahouanga Stream, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 29(2):205-252

Parent taxon: Weddellonectia according to J. P. O'Gorman 2019

See also Carpenter 1999, Hiller et al. 2017, Mateus et al. 2012, O'Gorman et al. 2017, Otero et al. 2018, Otero et al. 2012, Sachs 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Wiffen and Moisley 1986

Sister taxa: Aphrosaurus, Aristonectinae, Futabasaurus, Kaiwhekea, Kawanectes, Morenosaurus, Vegasaurus

Subtaxa: Tuarangisaurus keyesi

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), New Zealand (4)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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