Species
Valid Extinct

Taniwhasaurus oweni

Hector 1874

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
Tylosaurinae Subfamily
Taniwhasaurus Genus
Taniwhasaurus oweni Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇿 New Zealand
5
Geological formations
Conway
4
Conway Siltstone
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
4
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Tylosaurus haumuriensis subjective synonym of Taniwhasaurus oweni
Bibliography
Original description
J. Hector. 1874. On the fossil Reptilia of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6:333-358
Bibliography (4)
M. W. Caldwell, R. Holmes, and G. L. Bell, Jr, J. Wiffen. 2005. An unusual tylosaurine mosasaur from New Zealand: a new skull of Taniwhasaurus oweni (Lower Haumurian; Upper Cretaceous). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2):393-401 DOI ↗
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
S. P. Welles and D. R. Gregg. 1971. Late Cretaceous marine reptiles of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 9(1):1-111
J. Hector. 1874. On the fossil Reptilia of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6:333-358