Eonatator

Eonatator
Temporal range: Santonian-Campanian
~84–72.1 Ma
Holotype of E. sternbergii (UPI R 163)[a]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: †Mosasauria
Family: †Mosasauridae
Tribe: †Halisaurini
Genus: †Eonatator
Bardet et al. 2005[1]
Type species
Clidastes sternbergii
(Wiman 1920)
Species
Synonyms
  • Clidastes sternbergii (Wiman 1920)

Eonatator is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It is a close relative of Halisaurus, and part of the same subfamily, the Halisaurinae. It is known from the Late Cretaceous of North America, Colombia and Sweden. Originally, this taxon was included within Halisaurus, but was placed in its own genus, which also led to the subfamily Halisaurinae being created for the two genera.[1]

  1. ^ a b Bardet, N.; Pereda Suberbiola, X.; Iarochene, M.; Baadi, B.; Amaghzaz, M. (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.
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