Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combination: Platecarpus intermedius
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Remarks on Poikilopleuron valens, Clidastes intermedius, Macrosaurus proriger, Baptemys wyomingensis, and Emys stevensonianus]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):3-5
Belongs to Clidastes according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, Konishi et al. 2010, Leidy 1870, Leidy 1873 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Clidastes cineriarum, Clidastes liodontus, Clidastes moorevillensis, Clidastes propython
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pickens County (PROXY), which is in a Santonian/Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in Alabama
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pickens County (PROXY)
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