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Clidastes intermedius
Taxonomy
Clidastes intermedius was named by Leidy (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pickens County (PROXY), which is in a Santonian/Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in Alabama.
It was recombined as Platecarpus intermedius by Thurmond and Jones (1981); it was considered a nomen dubium by Konishi et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Platecarpus intermedius by Thurmond and Jones (1981); it was considered a nomen dubium by Konishi et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1870 | Clidastes intermedius Leidy p. 4 |
| 1873 | Clidastes intermedius Leidy p. 281 |
| 1902 | Clidastes intermedius Hay p. 467 |
| 1930 | Clidastes intermedius Hay p. 263 |
| 1981 | Platecarpus intermedius Thurmond and Jones p. 160 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Clidastes intermedius Leidy 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Gervais 1852, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 86.30000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Santonian - Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | Clidastes intermedius (type locality: 84105) |