Eonatator BARDET & PEREDA SUBERBIOLA 2005
- Dataset
- A new species of Halisaurus from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, and the phylogenetical relationships of the Halisaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauridae)
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Bardet, Nathalie, Suberbiola, Xabier Pereda, Iarochene, Mohamed, Bouya, Baadi, Amaghzaz, Mbarek (2005): A new species of Halisaurus from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, and the phylogenetical relationships of the Halisaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 (3): 447-472, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00152.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00152.x
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Mosasauridae
- genus
- Eonatator
diagnosis
Emended diagnosis: As for the type and only species known, Eonatator sternbergii.
distribution
Geographical and stratigraphical occurrences. Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of central North America.
etymology
Etymology: from Eos (Greek), dawn and natator (Latin), swimmer.
type_taxon
Type species: Clidastes sternbergii Wiman, 1920.