Species
Valid Extinct

Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis

(Caldwell et al. 2008)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Tylosaurinae Subfamily
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Taniwhasaurus Genus
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Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇯🇵 Japan
2
Geological formations
Haborogawa
1
Kashima
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
M. W. Caldwell, T. Konishi, and I. Obata, K. Muramoto. 2008. A new species of Taniwhasaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) from the Upper Santonian-Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):339-348 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. W. Caldwell, T. Konishi, and I. Obata, K. Muramoto. 2008. A new species of Taniwhasaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) from the Upper Santonian-Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):339-348 DOI ↗