硬椎龍屬
硬椎龍屬(屬名:)又名克利龍、鎖椎龍或耀炬龍,屬名意為「鎖住的脊椎」,是滄龍科的一個屬,生存於白堊紀晚期。
硬椎龙属 化石时期: | |
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Clidastes prophyton | |
科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | Reptilia |
目: | 有鳞目 Squamata |
总科: | †滄龍總科 Mosasauroidea |
科: | †滄龍科 Mosasauridae |
亚科: | †沧龙亚科 Mosasaurinae |
属: | †硬椎龙属 Clidastes Cope, 1868 |
模式種 | |
Clidastes propython Cope, 1869 | |
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硬椎龍是相當小型的滄龍類,平均身長只有2到4公尺,最長約為6.2公尺。硬椎龍生活在淺海,動作相當敏捷、快速,以獵捕海面附近的魚類或飛行翼龍類為食。硬椎龍的體型修長,尾巴的神經棘與人字形骨長,可使游泳速度加快。
參考資料
- Cope, E.D. 1868. On new species of extinct reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 181.
- Cope, E.D. 1869.On the reptilian orders, Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12: 250–266.
- ICZN, 1993. Opinion 1750. Clidastes Cope, 1868 (Reptilia, Sauria): C. propython Cope, 1869 designated as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50: 297.
- Merriam, J.C. 1894. Ueber die Pythonomorphen der Kansas−Kreide. Palaeontographica 41: 1–39.
- Kiernan, C.R. 1992.Clidastes Cope, 1868 (Reptilia, Sauria): proposed designation of Clidastes propython Cope, 1869 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 137–139.
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