Rikisaurus

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: † Rikisaurus
Species (1): R. tehoensis

Rikisaurus Wiffen, 1990

Gender: masculine
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Rikisaurus tehoensis Wiffen, 1990
- Fixation: original designation [p. 67] [and monotypy]

Wiffen, J. 1990. New mosasaurs (Reptilia; family Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics 33(1): 67–85. Google books Reference page.