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Comodon gidleyi

Mammalia - Amphilestidae

Taxonomy
Phascolodon gidleyi was named by Simpson (1925). Its type specimen is USNM 2703, a mandible (partial left mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Phascolodon.

It was recombined as Phascolotheridium gidleyi by Cifelli and Dykes (2001); it was recombined as Comodon gidleyi by Kretzoi and Kretzoi (2000), Cifelli (2002), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Phascolodon gidleyi Simpson
1929Phascolodon gidleyi Simpson p. 31
1930Phascolodon gidleyi Hay p. 370
1979Phascolodon gidleyi Jenkins and Crompton p. 75
2000Comodon gidleyi Kretzoi and Kretzoi
2001Phascolotheridium gidleyi Cifelli and Dykes
2002Comodon gidleyi Cifelli p. 184
2004Comodon gidleyi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 237-238

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
familyAmphilestidae(Osborn 1888)
genusComodonKretzoi and Kretzoi 2000
speciesgidleyi()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Comodon gidleyi Simpson 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Created: 2005-09-07 14:50:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 16:50:51
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Phascolodon gidleyi (type locality: 12816)