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TUARANGISAURUS
(tu-ar-an-ge-sore-us)
meaning: "Ancient lizard"
Tuarangisaurus
Named By: Wiffen & Moisley in 1986
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 78 Ma
Location: New Zealand - Tahora Formation
Size: Estimated at 8 meters long
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Fossil(s): Based upon an almost complete skull, mandible (lower jaw), and cervical (neck) vertebra. Partial post cranial remains have been attributed to the genus
Classification: | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Elasmosauridae |
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Tuarangisaurus (Maori tuarangi "ancient" + Greek sauros "lizard") is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from New Zealand. The type and only known species is T. keyesi, named by Wiffen and Moisley in 1986.

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