Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Synonym: Edestosaurus Marsh 1871
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. On some Cretaceous Reptilia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:233-242
Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to H.-V. Karl and C. J. Nyhuis 2012
See also Bardet et al. 2005, Bell and Polcyn 2005, Bell et al. 2013, Carroll 1988, Cope 1868, Cope 1869, Cope 1870, Dortangs et al. 2002, Driscoll et al. 2019, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hornung et al. 2018, Kiernan 1992, Leidy 1873, Lively 2018, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Novas et al. 2002, Russell 1967, Russell 1970, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond 1969 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Dallasaurus, Globidensini, Globindensini, Gnathomortis, Igdamanosaurus, Jormungandr, Kourisodon, Leiodon, Leiodontini, Megapterygius, Moanasaurus, Mosasaurini, Mosasaurus, Plesiotylosaurus, Plotosaurini, Polygonodon, Prognathodontini, Rikisaurus, Stelladens, Xenodens
Subtaxa: Clidastes cineriarum Clidastes intermedius Clidastes liodontus Clidastes moorevillensis Clidastes propython
Type: Clidastes iguanavus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (4 collections), Jordan (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (5), United States (22: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Montana, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
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