When did Mauisaurus live?
Q: When did Mauisaurus live?
A: Mauisaurus lived during the Upper Cretaceous about 80 to 69 million years ago.
Q: What is Mauisaurus?
A: Mauisaurus is a genus of plesiosaur.
Q: Was Mauisaurus the largest marine reptile in New Zealand waters at the time?
A: Yes, Mauisaurus was perhaps the largest marine reptile in New Zealand waters at the time.
Q: How big was Mauisaurus?
A: Mauisaurus was over 8 metres (26 ft) in length.
Q: How many cervical vertebrae did Mauisaurus have?
A: Mauisaurus had 68 cervical vertebrae.
Q: What did Mauisaurus use its flippers for?
A: Mauisaurus had two sets of large flippers that aided in swimming at high speeds, but may have also allowed the plesiosaur to venture onto shorelines for short amounts of time.
Q: What did Mauisaurus eat?
A: Mauisaurus was a carnivore that ate fish or squid and had sharp jagged teeth that would have been used to grip its prey.
