Comodon Kretzoi and Kretzoi 2000 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Amphilestidae

Invalid subtaxa: Phascolodon Simpson 1925 [replaced name], Phascolotheridium Cifelli and Dykes 2001

Parent taxon: Amphilestinae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Carroll 1988, Cifelli 2002, Jenkins and Crompton 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Simpson 1925 and Simpson 1929

Sister taxa: Amphilestes, Aploconodon, Gobiconodontinae, Kemchugia, Liaotherium, Phascolotherium, Tendagurodon

Subtaxa: Comodon gidleyi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM) (Jurassic of Wyoming)

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