Mauisaurus
| Mauisaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Replica of paddle bones, Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
| Genus: | †Mauisaurus Hector, 1874 |
| Species: | †M. haasti |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mauisaurus haasti Hector, 1874 | |
Mauisaurus ("Māui lizard") is a dubious genus of plesiosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now New Zealand. Numerous specimens have been attributed to this genus in the past, but a 2017 paper restricts Mauisaurus to the lectotype and declares it a nomen dubium.