Species
Valid Extinct

Clidastes propython

Cope 1869

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
14
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Mosasaurinae Subfamily
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Clidastes Genus
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Clidastes propython Species
Fossil sites 14 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
9
🇸🇪 Sweden
5
Geological formations
Mooreville Chalk
4
Niobrara
2
Pierre Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
12
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
2
Synonyms (10)
Clidastes affinis subjective synonym of Clidastes propython
Clidastes medius subjective synonym of Clidastes propython
Clidastes pumilus subjective synonym of Clidastes propython
Clidastes westi subjective synonym of Clidastes propython
Clidastes wymani subjective synonym of Clidastes propython
Edestosaurus dispar subjective synonym of Clidastes propython
Edestosaurus rex subjective synonym of Clidastes propython
Edestosaurus stenops subjective synonym of Clidastes propython
Edestosaurus tortor subjective synonym of Clidastes propython
Edestosaurus velox subjective synonym of Clidastes propython
Bibliography
Original description
E. D. Cope. 1869. On the reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:250-266
Bibliography (6)
N. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaur collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(1):35-53 DOI ↗
J. Lindgren and M. Siverson. 2004. The first record of the mosasaur Clidastes from Europe and its palaeogeographical implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(2):219-234
D. A. Russell. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabamam: Part VII The Mosasaurs. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(7):365-380 DOI ↗
D. A. Russell. 1964. The Skull of American Mosasaurs.
W. Sevon. 1957. A Niobrara mosasaur from South Dakota. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 36:144-146
E. D. Cope. 1869. On the reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:250-266