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'''''Tuarangisaurus''''' (meaning in Maori ''tuarangi'' "ancient" + Gr. ''sauros'' "lizard") is a [[genus]] of [[extinction|extinct]] [[elasmosaur]] discovered in [[New Zealand]] and described by Wiffen & Moisley in 1986, known from a skull and some [[vertebra]]e, and some attributed postcranial remains of juveniles. ''T. keyesi'' is the only species known. The estimated length is about 8 meters. |
'''''Tuarangisaurus''''' (meaning in Maori ''tuarangi'' "ancient" + Gr. ''sauros'' "lizard") is a [[genus]] of [[extinction|extinct]] [[elasmosaur]] discovered in [[New Zealand]] and described by Wiffen & Moisley in 1986, known from a skull and some [[vertebra]]e, and some attributed postcranial remains of juveniles. ''T. keyesi'' is the only species known. The estimated length is about 8 meters. |
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Tuarangisaurus (meaning in Maori tuarangi "ancient" + Gr. sauros "lizard") is a genus of extinct elasmosaur discovered in New Zealand and described by Wiffen & Moisley in 1986, known from a skull and some vertebrae, and some attributed postcranial remains of juveniles. T. keyesi is the only species known. The estimated length is about 8 meters.
References
- Sachs, S. (2005). "Tuarangisaurus australis sp. nov. (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 50: 2, p 425-440 ISSN 0079-8835.
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