Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combination: Clidastes conodon
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. A new Clidastes from New Jersey. American Naturalist 15:587-588
Belongs to Mosasaurus according to T. Ikejiri and S. G. Lucas 2015
See also Baird and Case 1966, Cope 1881, Driscoll et al. 2019, Fanti et al. 2014, Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Russell 1967
Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus horridus, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Mosasaurus scanicus, Macrosaurus validus, Macrosaurus laevis, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Nectoportheus validus
Type specimen: AMNH 1380
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (8: Colorado, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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