Clidastes propython

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ClidastesPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Mosasauridae
Life habit
aquaticPBDB, for Mosasauridae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Mosasauridae
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Amniota

Time the record covers

At least 2.1 million years on record.

The record covers at least 85.7 Mya to 83.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 89.8 Mya to 66 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 14 of 14 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 14 occurrences90–89 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences89–89 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences89–88 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences88–87 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences87–86 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences86–85 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences85–85 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences85–84 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences84–83 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences83–82 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences82–81 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences81–80 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences80–80 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences80–79 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences79–78 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences78–77 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences77–76 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences76–75 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences75–75 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences75–74 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences74–73 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences73–72 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences72–71 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences71–70 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences70–70 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences70–69 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences69–68 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences68–67 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences67–66 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences66–66 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences85.7 Mya – 83.6 Mya90.3 Mya65.5 Mya

14 occurrences of Clidastes propython on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

14 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

3 formations

Mooreville Chalk — 32.60°N, 87.68°WMooreville Chalk — 32.76°N, 88.02°WMooreville Chalk — 32.87°N, 88.04°WMooreville Chalk — 32.96°N, 88.13°WNiobrara — 43.04°N, 97.26°WNiobrara — 38.90°N, 100.10°WPierre Shale — 43.27°N, 103.85°W

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The named rock units Clidastes propython has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Clidastes propython and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Clidastes propython and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

110 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 14 sites for Clidastes propython, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

6 references

Each of the 14 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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Specimen
Clidastes propython · YPM:VP:YPM VP 001319

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