Mauisaurus haasti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sauropterygia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia

Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Elasmosauridae
Genus: Mauisaurus
Species: Mauisaurus haasti

Name

Mauisaurus haasti Hector, 1874
- Primary type: lectotype
  - Fixation: designated by Welles (1962: 75)
  - Repository: MONZ R1529

References

Hector, J. 1874: On the fossil Reptilia of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 6: 333–358, plates XXVII-XXXI.
Hiller, N.; Fordyce, R.E. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand fossil reptiles. P. 543 in:
King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page.
Hiller, N.; Mannering, A.A.; Jones, C.M.; Cruickshank, A.R.I. 2005: The nature of Mauisaurus haasti Hector, 1874 (Reptilia: Plesiosauria). Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 25: 588–601. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0588:TNOMHH]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR
O’Gorman, J.P., Otero, R.A. & Hiller, N. 2014. A new record of an aristonectine elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of New Zealand: implications for the Mauisaurus haasti Hector, 1874 hypodigm. Alcheringa 38(4): 504–512. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2014.908267 Reference page.
Welles, S.P. 1962: A new species of elasmosaur from the Aptian of Colombia and a review of the Cretaceous plesiosaurs. University of California publications in the geological sciences, 44(1)