Mauisaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. The first Mauisaurus fossil was discovered in 1874.
Quick facts about Mauisaurus:
- Existed from 85.8 million years ago to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by live birth
- 9 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Mauisaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- I. W. Keyes. 1977. Records of the northern hemisphere Cretaceous sawfish genus Onchopristis (order Batoidea) from New Zealand. Journal of Geology and Geophysics 20(2):263-272
- J. E. Martin and J. F. Sawyer. 2007. Occurrence of a young elasmosaurid plesiosaur skeleton from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Antarctica. U.S. Geological Survey and The National Academies Short Research Paper 66:1-4
- M. E. Suarez and H. Cappetta. 2004. Sclerorhynchid teeth (Neoselachii, Sclerorhynchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the Quiriquina Formatino, central Chile. Revista Geologica de Chile 31(1):89-103
