Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Full reference: J. G. Eaton. 2009. Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) mammals from Cedar Canyon, southwestern Utah, and a revision of Cenomanian Alphadon-like marsupials. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 65:97-110
Belongs to Eoalphadon according to J. G. Eaton 2009
Sister taxa: Eoalphadon clemensi, Eoalphadon lillegraveni
Type specimen: UMNH VP 12842, a tooth (M3 in a maxillary fragment). Its type locality is UMNH VP Loc. 162, Cedar Canyon roadcut, which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Naturita Formation of Utah.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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