Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Alphadontidae
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: Alphadontidae according to B. M. Davis 2007
See also Carneiro and Oliveira 2017, Cifelli 1990, Goin et al. 2006, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Williamson et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Albertatherium, Alphadon, Eoalphadon, Varalphadon
Subtaxa: Turgidodon lillegraveni Turgidodon madseni Turgidodon parapraesagus Turgidodon petiminis Turgidodon praesagus Turgidodon rhaister Turgidodon russelli
Type: Delphodon praesagus
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (18: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (1), United States (40: Montana, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 59 collections including 66 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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