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Clidastes
Taxonomy
Clidastes was named by Cope (1868) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant K Camp-l]. Its type is Clidastes iguanavus. It is the type genus of Clidastidae.
It was assigned to Natantia by Cope (1868); to Clidastidae by Cope (1869) and Cope (1870); to Mosasauria by Leidy (1873); to Mosasaurini by Russell (1967) and Thurmond (1969); to Mosasauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954), Carroll (1988) and Kiernan (1992); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mosasaurinae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Russell (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Dortangs et al. (2002), Novas et al. (2002), Bell and Polcyn (2005), Bardet et al. (2005), Karl and Nyhuis (2012), Bell et al. (2013), Hornung et al. (2018), Lively (2018) and Driscoll et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Natantia by Cope (1868); to Clidastidae by Cope (1869) and Cope (1870); to Mosasauria by Leidy (1873); to Mosasaurini by Russell (1967) and Thurmond (1969); to Mosasauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954), Carroll (1988) and Kiernan (1992); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mosasaurinae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Russell (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Dortangs et al. (2002), Novas et al. (2002), Bell and Polcyn (2005), Bardet et al. (2005), Karl and Nyhuis (2012), Bell et al. (2013), Hornung et al. (2018), Lively (2018) and Driscoll et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1868 | Clidastes Cope p. 233 |
| 1869 | Clidastes Cope p. 258 |
| 1870 | Clidastes Cope p. 211 |
| 1871 | Edestosaurus Marsh |
| 1873 | Clidastes Leidy p. 344 |
| 1902 | Clidastes Hay p. 466 |
| 1930 | Clidastes Hay p. 262 |
| 1954 | Clidastes McDowell and Bogert p. 132 |
| 1967 | Clidastes Russell p. 124 |
| 1969 | Clidastes Thurmond p. 70 |
| 1970 | Clidastes Russell p. 371 |
| 1981 | Clidastes Thurmond and Jones p. 153 |
| 1988 | Clidastes Carroll |
| 1992 | Clidastes Kiernan p. 138 |
| 2002 | Clidastes Dortangs et al. |
| 2002 | Clidastes Novas et al. |
| 2002 | Clidastes Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Clidastes Bardet et al. |
| 2005 | Clidastes Bell and Polcyn p. 189 |
| 2012 | Clidastes Karl and Nyhuis |
| 2013 | Clidastes Bell Jr. et al. p. 578 |
| 2018 | Clidastes Hornung et al. p. 544 |
| 2018 | Clidastes Lively p. 524 |
| 2019 | Clidastes Driscoll et al. |
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G. †Clidastes Cope 1868
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†Clidastes cineriarum Cope 1870
†Clidastes intermedius Leidy 1870
†Clidastes liodontus Merriam 1894
†Clidastes moorevillensis Shannon 1975
†Clidastes propython Cope 1869
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Invalid names: Clidastes medius Merriam 1894 [synonym], Clidastes pumilus Marsh 1871 [synonym], Clidastes westi Williston and Case 1892 [synonym], Clidastes wymani Marsh 1871 [synonym], Edestosaurus dispar Marsh 1871 [synonym], Edestosaurus rex Marsh 1872 [synonym], Edestosaurus stenops Cope 1871 [synonym], Edestosaurus tortor Cope 1871 [synonym], Edestosaurus velox Marsh 1871 [synonym]
Invalid names: Edestosaurus Marsh 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available