Biology:Comotherium

Short description: Genus of mammal

Comotherium richi Temporal range: Late Jurassic Kimmeridgian–Tithonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Theria
Order:	Dryolestida
Family:	Paurodontidae
Genus:	Comotherium Prothero, 1981
Species
C. richi Prothero, 1981 (type)

Comotherium is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) mammal from the Morrison Formation. Present in stratigraphic zone 5.

See also

• Prehistoric mammal
  • List of prehistoric mammals
• Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation

References

• Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q4781862 entry