Species
Valid Extinct

Mosasaurus mokoroa

Welles and Gregg 1971

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Mosasaurinae Subfamily
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Mosasaurus Genus
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Mosasaurus mokoroa Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇿 New Zealand
3
Geological formations
Conway
3
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Synonyms (1)
Leiodon haumuriensis subjective synonym of Mosasaurus mokoroa
Bibliography
Original description
S. P. Welles and D. R. Gregg. 1971. Late Cretaceous marine reptiles of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 9(1):1-111
Bibliography (2)
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