NEW ZEALAND

SOUTH ISLAND

PROBABLY WAIPARA DISTRICT

UNKNOWN

LATE CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

NEODIAPSIDA: BENTON, 1985

SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860

GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA EMEND RIEPPEL, 1994

ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835

SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835

INFRAORDER: PLESIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA

EUPLESIOSAURIA O’KEEFE, 2001

SUPERFAMILY: ELASMOSAUROIDEA COPE, 1869

Family: ELASMOSAURIDAE Cope, 1869

Mauisaurus haasti
= Cimoliasaurus haasti
= Elasmosaurus haasti

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