Taniwhasaurus was a mosasaur, a type of marine reptile related to lizards and snakes. It was not a dinosaur. Taniwhasaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous, with fossils found in Australia, Antarctica, Asia and Africa.
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Taniwhasaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- F. E. Novas, M. Fernández, and Z. B. d. Gasparini, J. M. Lirio, H. J. Nuñez, P. Puerta. 2002. Lakumasaurus antarcticus, n. gen. et sp., a new mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica. Ameghiniana 39(2):245-249
- G. Warren and I. Speden. 1977. The Piripauan and Haumurian stratotypes (Mata Series, Upper Cretaceous) and correlative sequences in the Haumuri Bluff District, South Marlborough. New Zealand Geological Survey Bulletin 92:1-60
- J. Hector. 1874. On the fossil Reptilia of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6:333-358
