Protalphadon Cifelli 1990 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida

Full reference: R. L. Cifelli. 1990. Cretaceous mammals from southern Utah. I. Marsupials from the Kaiparowits Formation (Judithian). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):295-319

Parent taxon: Marsupialiformes according to T. E. Williamson et al. 2014

See also Cifelli 1990, Goin et al. 2006, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997, Williamson et al. 2012 and Wilson et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Adelodelphys, Alphadontidae, Anchistodelphys, Arcantiodelphys, Archimetatheria, Asiatherium, Bistius, Dakotadens, Iugomortiferum, Kokopellia, Marsupialia, Pediomyoidea, Polydolopimorphia, Sinbadelphys, Sparassodonta, Stagodontidae, Xenocynus

Subtaxa: Protalphadon foxi Protalphadon lulli

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Type: Alphadon lulli

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (16: Colorado, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences

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