Mauisaurus
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| phylum | Chordata | Mauisaurus is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now New Zealand. It is named for a figure from Maori mythology. Mauisaurus had the largest number of cervical vertebrae of any known plesiosaur, and was large, reaching 8 meters in length. One specimen was found in evident combat with a contemporary mosasaur.
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| clade | †Sauropterygia | |
| order | †Plesiosauria | |
| family | †Elasmosauridae | |
| genus | †Mauisaurus | |
| species | †M. haasti |
