Species
Valid Extinct

Tuarangisaurus keyesi

Wiffen and Moisley 1986

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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PBDB ↗
Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Elasmosauridae Family
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Weddellonectia Unranked clade
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Tuarangisaurus Genus
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Tuarangisaurus keyesi Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇿 New Zealand
4
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Tahora
4
Lefipán
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
4
Bibliography
Original description
J. Wiffen and W. L. Moisley. 1986. Late Cretaceous reptiles (families Elasmosauridae and Pliosauridae) from the Mangahouanga Stream, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 29(2):205-252 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
J. O’Gorman, R. Scasso, and F. Medina. 2026. The first record of Tuarangisaurus (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Maastrichtian of the Lefipán Formation, Chubut, Argentina. Palaeontologia Electronica 29(2):1-39 DOI ↗
R. A. Otero, J. P. O'Gorman, and W. L. Moisley, M. Terezow, J. A. W. McKee. 2018. A juvenile Tuarangisaurus keyesi Wiffen and Moisley 1986 (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of New Zealand, with remarks on its skull ontogeny. Cretaceous Research 85:214-231 DOI ↗
J. Wiffen and W. L. Moisley. 1986. Late Cretaceous reptiles (families Elasmosauridae and Pliosauridae) from the Mangahouanga Stream, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 29(2):205-252 DOI ↗