Reptilia - Choristodera - Simoedosauridae

Alternative combination: Simoedosaurus dakotensis

Full reference: B. R. Erickson. 1987. Simoedosaurus dakotensis, new species, a diapsid reptile (Archosauromorpha; Choristodera) from the Paleocene of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(3):237-251

Belongs to Kosmodraco according to C. D. Brownstein 2022

See also Erickson 1987

Sister taxon: Kosmodraco magnicornis

Type specimen: SMM P76.10.1, a skeleton (a partly disarticulated skeleton). Its type locality is 2 miles north of Judson, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in the Slope Formation of North Dakota.

Distribution: found only at 2 miles north of Judson

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