Taniwhasaurus

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
Parafamilia: †Russellosaurina
Subfamilia: Tylosaurinae
Genus: Taniwhasaurus
Species: T. antarcticus – T. mikasaensis – T. oweni

Name

• Taniwhasaurus Hector, 1874

Synonyms

• Lakumasaurus Novas et al., 2002

References

• Caldwell, M.W.; Holmes, R.; Bell, G.L., jr.; Wiffen, J. 2005: An unusual tylosaurine mosasaur from New Zealand: a new skull of Taniwhasaurus oweni (Lower Haumurian; upper Cretaceous). Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 25: 393–401. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0393:AUTMFN]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR
• Caldwell, M.W.; Konishi, T.; Obata, I.; Muramoto, K. 2008: A new species of Taniwhasaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) from the Upper Santonian-Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 28: 339–348. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[339:ANSOTM]2.0.CO;2
• Fernández, M.; Martin, J.E. 2009: Description and phylogenetic relationships of Taniwhasaurus antarcticus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) from the upper Campanian (Cretaceous) of Antarctica. Cretaceous research, 30: 717–726. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.12.012
• Martin, J.E.; Fernández, M. 2007: The synonymy of the Late Cretaceous mosasaur (Squamata) genus Lakumasaurus from Antarctica with Taniwhasaurus from New Zealand and its bearing upon faunal similarity within the Weddellian Province. Geological journal, 42: 203–211. DOI: 10.1002/gj.1066
• Novas, Fernandez, de Gasparini, Lirio, Nunez & Puerta 2002: Lakumasaurus antarcticus, n. gen. et sp., a new mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica. Ameghiniana, 39: 245–249. ISSN: 0002-7014 [not seen]

Links

• ION search for Lakumasaurus
• ION search for Taniwhasaurus
• Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Lakumasaurus
• Nomenclator Zoologicus search for Taniwhasaurus

Vernacular names

日本語: タニファサウルス