Savage Ancient Seas® Clidastes
Home Major Specimens Cabinets Kiosks Merchandise Booking Video & CD Contact Info	Clidastes: one preys upon a Toxochelys, one is preyed upon by the Bunker Tylosaur. Clidastes was the smallest of the mosasaurs, averaging 2-4 meters (7-12 feet) in length, with the largest specimens reaching 6.2 meters (20 feet) long. As with all mosasaurs, virtually half its length was tail. Clidastes was a surface or shallow water hunter. Possessing a delicate and slim form with an expansion of the neural spines and chevrons near the tip of the tail, Clidastes was an agile and fast swimmer. Specimen Label Content: Clidastes liodontus (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 mosasaur in the North American Inland Sea, with lengths ranging from eight to 20 feet. Fossil records show that Clidastes is the only mosasaur known to have been eaten by another mosasaur (Tylosaurus). Discoverers: Laverne Mauck, Michael Triebold cast View Label Return to Major Specimens