†Comotherium richi Prothero 1981 (mammal)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Dryolestidae
Full reference: D. R. Prothero. 1981. New Jurassic mammals from Como Bluff, Wyoming, and the interrelationships of non-tribosphenic Theria. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 167(5):277-326
Belongs to Comotherium according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Prothero 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 101132. Its type locality is Quarry 9, producing layer (AMNH-YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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