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Monotypic taxon: Genus †Comotherium Prothero, 1981 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Dryolestida - (Family) Paurodontidae

Original position

Questionably Dryolestidae (Family) Marsh, 1879

Current position

Paurodontidae (Family) Marsh, 1887 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: table 10.2 (p. [380]); Rougier et al., 2011: fig. 5.

Alternative positions

Dryolestidae (Family) Marsh, 1879 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 46; Rougier et al., 2011: fig. 5.

Historical positions

Paurodontidae (Family) Marsh, 1887 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004 (alt.): table 10.1 (p. 379).
Paurodontidae (Family) Marsh, 1887 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: table 10.2 (p. [380]).
Dryolestidae (Family) Marsh, 1879 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 46.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 18 Mar 2022 [; †1s]
2004 Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al.: table 10.2 (p. [380]) [; †1s]
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