Kallimodon Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Genus: | Kallimodon † Cocude-Michel, 1963
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Kallimodon is a genus of sphenodont from the Late Jurassic of Bavaria, southern Germany.
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]