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Moanasaurus; Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Subphylum:	Vertebrata;
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata;
Class:	Sauropsida;
Subclass:	Diapsida;
Infraclass:	Lepidosauromorpha;
Superorder:	Lepidosauria;
Order:	Squamata;
Family:	Mosasauridae;
Subfamily:	Mosasaurinae;
Genus:	Moanasaurus; Wiffen, 1980
Species
	M. mangahouangae (type); Wiffen, 1980;
Synonyms
	Rikisaurus tehoensis; Wiffen, 1990; Mosasaurus flemingi; Wiffen, 1990;

Moanasaurus (From Māori moana "sea" and Greek sauros "lizard"; meaning "Sea Lizard") was a genus of mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous period. Its fossil remains have been discovered in the North Island of New Zealand. Moanasaurus was a very large mosasaurine known originally from a disarticulated skull, vertebrae, ribs and paddle bones. It reached 12 m in length and the skull is 78 cm, which shows that Moanasaurus was one of the largest in the family of mosasaurinae.

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