Albertatherium secundus Johanson 1995 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae

Alternative combination: Albertatherium secundum

Full reference: Z. Johanson. 1995. New Information Concerning the Late Cretaceous Marsupial Albertatherium Fox, 1971. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(4):595-602

Belongs to Albertatherium according to Z. Johanson 1995

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxon: Albertatherium primus

Type specimen: UALVP 29534, a tooth (M3). Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA new collection), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Verdigris Coulee (UA new collection)

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