''Kallimodon'' is a genus of
sphenodont from the Late Jurassic of Bavaria, southern Germany.
Systematics
''Kallimodon'' was originally described as a species of ''
Homoeosaurus
''Homoeosaurus'' is an extinct genus of rhynchocephalian reptile, known from the Late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous of Europe, with specimens being reported from France ( Canjuers Lagerstatte), England (Purbeck Group) and Germany ( Solnhofen Lime ...
'' by
Karl von Zittel in 1887. However, in 1963 it was renamed ''Kallimodon'' due to differences from the ''Homoeosaurus'' type species. In 1997, ''Kallimodon'' was sunk as a junior synonym of ''
Leptosaurus'', with the type species referred to as ''L. pulchellus''. However, subsequent studies find ''Kallimodon'' to be valid and distinct from ''Leptosaurus'', being closely related to ''Sapheosaurus''. One specimen previously referred to this genus is actually a distinct taxon.
[Oliver W. M. Rauhut & Adriana López-Arbarello (2015) Zur Taxonomie der Brückenechse aus dem oberen Jura von Schamhaupten. n the taxonomy of rhynchocephalians from the Late Jurassic of Schamhaupten''Archaeopteryx'' 33: 1-11 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301517359_Zur_Taxonomie_der_Bruckenechse_aus_dem_oberen_Jura_von_Schamhaupten_On_the_taxonomy_of_the_rhynchocephalian_from_the_Late_Jurassic_of_Schamhaupten]
References
Rhynchocephalia
Late Jurassic reptiles of Europe
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