Clidastes propython
(klie DAS teez)
Description: Marine Lizard
Specimen Location: Niobrara Chalk of Northwestern Kansas
Name Means: "one who locks" for the locking vertebrae that could restrict vertical bending
Clidastes was the smallest mosausaur in the North American inland sea, with length ranging from 8 to 20 feet. Fossil records show that Clidastes is the only mosasaur known to have been eaten by another mausasaur (Tylosaurus.)
Discoverer: Laverne Mauck and Michael Triebold
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