Moanasaurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mosasauroidea
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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha unranked: Pythonomorpha Superfamilia: †Mosasauroidea

Familia: †Mosasauridae
Subfamilia: †Mosasaurinae
Tribus: † Mosasaurini
Genus: † Moanasaurus
Species (1): M. mangahouangae

Moanasaurus Wiffen, 1981

Gender: masculine
Type species: Moanasaurus mangahouangae Wiffen, 1981
- Fixation: original designation

Hiller, N.; Fordyce, R.E. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand fossil reptiles. P. 543 in:
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Wright, K.R. 1989: On the taxonomic status of Moanasaurus mangahouangae Wiffen (Squamata: Mosasauridae). Journal of paleontology, 63(1): 126–127. JSTOR