Kallimodon

Kallimodon is a genus of sphenodont from the Late Jurassic of Bavaria, southern Germany.

Kallimodon Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Kallimodon pulchellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Rhynchocephalia
Suborder:	Sphenodontia
Genus:	†Kallimodon Cocude-Michel, 1963
Type species
†K. pulchellus (Zittel, 1887)
Other species
†K. cerinensis Cocude-Michel, 1963

Systematics

Kallimodon was originally described as a species of Homoeosaurus by Karl von Zittel in 1887. However, in 1963 it was renamed Kallimodon due to differences from the Homoeosaurus type species.^[1] In 1997, Kallimodon was sunk as a junior synonym of Leptosaurus, with the type species referred to as L. pulchellus.^[2] 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.^[3][4]

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