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Comotherium richi

Mammalia - Groeberida - Nototheriidae

Taxonomy
Comotherium richi was named by Prothero (1981). Its type specimen is 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. It is the type species of Comotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Comotherium richi Prothero pp. 287-288 figs. 2-3
2004Comotherium richi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Marsupialia()
Didelphia
AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderGroeberidaPascual et al. 1994
Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
orderMarsupicarnivoraRide 1964
familyNototheriidae
familyNumbigilgidae
familyOdontomysopidae
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
Peradectidae(Crochet 1979)
superorderDryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
familyDryolestidaeMarsh 1879
genusComotherium
speciesrichi

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.

Comotherium richi Prothero 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available