| Description | Clidastes is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It is classified as part of the Mosasaurinae subfamily, alongside genera like Mosasaurus and Prognathodon. Clidastes is known from deposits ranging in age from the Coniacian to the early Campanian in the United States.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Clidastes propython |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Clidastes propython |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Clidastes |
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| Scientific Name | Clidastes propython Cope, 1869 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Clidastes propython | species | belongs to Clidastes | stated with evidence | Cope, 1869 | | Clidastes propython | species | belongs to Clidastes | stated without evidence | Russell, 1970 | | Clidastes propython | species | belongs to Clidastes | stated with evidence | Kiernan, 1992 | | Clidastes propython | species | belongs to Clidastes | stated without evidence | Karl and Nyhuis, 2012 | | Clidastes propython | species | belongs to Clidastes | stated with evidence | Fanti et al., 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 89.8 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Diapsida) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Vision | well-developed (based on Mosasauridae) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Mosasauridae) |
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| Reproduction | ovoviviparous (based on Mosasauridae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1869. On the reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:250-266 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clidastes_propython |
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| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Clidastes medius Merriam, 1894 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Clidastes medius |
| Edestosaurus tortor (Cope, 1871) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Edestosaurus tortor |
| Clidastes pumilus Marsh, 1871 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Clidastes pumilus |
| Edestosaurus dispar (Marsh, 1871) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Edestosaurus dispar |
| Clidastes wymani Marsh, 1871 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Clidastes wymani |
| Edestosaurus stenops (Cope, 1871) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Edestosaurus stenops |
| Edestosaurus rex Marsh, 1872 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Edestosaurus rex |
| Clidastes westi Williston & Case, 1892 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Clidastes westi |
| Edestosaurus velox (Marsh, 1871) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Edestosaurus velox |
| Clidastes velox (Marsh, 1871) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Clidastes velox |
| Clidastes stenops (Cope, 1871) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Clidastes stenops |
| Clidastes tortor (Cope, 1871) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Clidastes tortor |
| Clidastes dispar (Marsh, 1871) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Clidastes : Clidastes dispar |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1869 | Clidastes propython Cope p. 258 |
| 1870 | Clidastes propython Cope p. 221 |
| 1871 | Edestosaurus tortor Cope p. 3 |
| 1871 | Edestosaurus stenops Cope p. 5 |
| 1871 | Edestosaurus dispar Marsh |
| 1871 | Edestosaurus velox Marsh |
| 1871 | Clidastes pumilus Marsh p. 104 |
| 1871 | Clidastes wymani Marsh p. 104 |
| 1871 | Clidastes pumilus Marsh p. 452 |
| 1872 | Edestosaurus rex Marsh |
| 1873 | Clidastes propython Leidy p. 281 |
| 1874 | Clidastes dispar Cope p. 33 |
| 1874 | Clidastes stenops Cope p. 33 |
| 1874 | Clidastes tortor Cope p. 33 |
| 1875 | Clidastes tortor Cope p. 132 |
| 1875 | Clidastes stenops Cope p. 133 |
| 1875 | Clidastes dispar Cope p. 266 |
| 1875 | Clidastes velox Cope p. 266 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1877 | Clidastes dispar Cope p. 583 |
| 1877 | Clidastes tortor Cope p. 583 |
| 1892 | Clidastes westi Williston and Case p. 29 |
| 1894 | Clidastes medius Merriam p. 34 |
| 1902 | Clidastes dispar Hay p. 467 |
| 1902 | Clidastes pumilis Hay p. 467 |
| 1902 | Clidastes rex Hay p. 467 |
| 1902 | Clidastes stenops Hay p. 467 |
| 1902 | Clidastes tortor Hay p. 467 |
| 1902 | Clidastes velox Hay p. 468 |
| 1902 | Clidastes westii Hay p. 468 |
| 1902 | Clidastes wymani Hay p. 468 |
| 1902 | Clidastes tortor Williston p. 253 |
| 1970 | Clidastes propython Russell p. 371 |
| 1981 | Clidastes propython Thurmond and Jones p. 153 |
| 1992 | Clidastes propython Kiernan p. 137 |
| 2012 | Clidastes propython Karl and Nyhuis |
| 2014 | Clidastes propython Fanti et al. |
| Cope E. D. On the reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12, 250-266 |
| Cope E. D. , Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14, 105-235 |
| Marsh O. C. A communication on some new reptiles and fishes from the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1871, 103-105 |
| Leidy J. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1, 1-358 |
| Cope E. D. Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous Period found west of the Mississippi River, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, First Series 2, 3-48 |
| Cope E. D. The Vertebrata of the Cretaceous formations of the west, Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2, 1-303 |
| Cope E. D. Report on the geology of the region of the Judith River, Montana, and on vertebrate fossils obtained on or near the Missouri River, Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 3 3, 565-597 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Williston S. W. (1902) Notes on some new or little-known extinct reptiles, Kansas University Science Bulletin 1 9, 247-254 |
| Russell D. A. (1970) The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabamam: Part VII The Mosasaurs, Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3 7, 365-380 |
| Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244 |
| Karl H.-V., Nyhuis C. J. (2012) Ctenochelys stenoporus (Hay, 1905) (Testudines: Toxochelyidae) and Clidastes sp. (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of NW-Germany, Studia Palaeocheloniologica 4, 129-142 |
| Fanti F., Cau A., et al (2014) A giant mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) with an unusually twisted dentition from the Argille Scagliose Complex (late Campanian) of Northern Italy, Cretaceous Research 49, 91-104 |
| International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1750 Clidastes Cope, 1868 (Reptilia, Sauria): C Propython Cope, 1869 designated as the type species.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50, 297 (1993) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology |
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