Eonatator, BARDET & PEREDA SUBERBIOLA, 2005

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), pp. 447-472 : 465

EONATATOR BARDET & PEREDA SUBERBIOLA ,

GEN. NOV.

1920 Clidastes, Wiman , p. 13

1967 Clidastes, Russell p. 126

1970 Halisaurus, Russell , p. 369

1993 Halisaurus, DeBraga & Carroll , p. 273

1995 Halisaurus, Caldwell & Bell , p.536

1996 Clidastes, Lingham-Soliar , p. 134

1996 Halisaurus, Caldwell , p.415

1997 Halisaurus, Bell , p. 300

2000 Halisaurus, Holmes & Sues, p. 309

2001 Halisaurus, Bardet & Pereda Suberbiola , p. 395

Etymology: from Eos (Greek) , dawn and natator (Latin), swimmer.

Type species: Clidastes sternbergii Wiman, 1920 .

Geographical and stratigraphical occurrences. Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of central North America.

Emended diagnosis: As for the type and only species known, Eonatator sternbergii .