Talk:Mauisaurus

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A fact from Mauisaurus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 October 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mauisaurus was the largest plesiosaur to roam New Zealand waters and that it gets its name from the Māori god Maui?

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What is the reference for a length of 20 m?--Haplochromis (talk) 13:29, 23 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

In fact, apparently Mauisaurus was smaller - the description made by Hiller et al. (2005) states a total length of 8 meters.--Rextron (talk) 18:35, 7 March 2013 (UTC)Reply